Katie Nickels

As the Threat Intelligence Lead for the MITRE ATT&CK team, Katie focuses on applying cyber threat intelligence to ATT&CK and evangelizing how that helps analysts. She has worked in threat intelligence and network defense for nearly a decade, with much of that time spent helping Security Operations Centers navigate how to apply intel to defenses. Katie hails from a liberal arts background with degrees from Smith College and Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. When she’s not losing her mind over group aliases, Katie enjoys deadlifting, baking cookies, and teaching teenage girls about cybersecurity.