When to Conduct Structured and Unstructured Threat Hunts
Source: YouTube · SANS Digital Forensics and Incident Response · published Aug 15, 2025 · 33:41
The speaker, Arun Viku from BNP Paribas, introduces the intersection of cyber threat intelligence and financial services, emphasizing the value of specialized threat hunting for the industry 0:15.
Key Takeaways:
• The presentation highlights the importance of applying cyber threat intelligence specifically to the financial sector's unique risks 0:11.
• Arun Viku leads the America's cyber threat intelligence team at BNP Paribas and chairs the FSI threat hunting working group 0:19.
• He invites financial services professionals to join the FSI threat hunting working group to enhance collective defense capabilities 0:31.
• Viku brings 15 years of experience in cyber threat intel, hunting, and detection to the discussion 0:41.
• His research focus includes cyber criminal profiling and tracking specific threat actors 0:50.
This session aims to bridge the gap between general cybersecurity principles and the specific needs of financial institutions through expert-led intelligence sharing.
Sources:
- 0:15 Introduction of the speaker and his role at BNP Paribas.
- 0:19 Details on his leadership position and chairing the FSI threat hunting working group.
- 0:31 Call to action for financial services professionals to join the working group.
- 0:41 Overview of his 15-year background in cyber threat intelligence.
- 0:50 Explanation of his specific research interests in criminal profiling.
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So, first of all, thank you everyone for attending. Um, hope this is enlightened. I know it's out kind of outside of beer uh specifically, but we hope that you could see the value in the application um that it provides. >> Yeah. Hello everyone. Uh, it's a pleasure to be here. My name is Arun Viku and uh I lead the America's cyber threat intelligence team at BNP Pariba. I also chair the FSI threat hunting working group. Anyone here from the financial services sector? Fine. So you should pretty much join that group as well. Um so just a bit of about myself. I have a 15 years background in cyber basically focusing on cyber threat intel hunting and detection. I also like to research uh especially my focus area is uh cyber criminal profiling and thread actor attribution and I'm also a wannabe p…