From Gut to Gold Standard: The Admiralty System in CTI
Source: YouTube · SANS Digital Forensics and Incident Response · published Apr 2, 2026 · 28:43
Intelligence analyst Fred introduces the Admiralty scale as a critical framework for assessing source reliability in cyber threat intelligence, emphasizing its value alongside the Intelligence Community's Directed Analysis Requirements (PIRs) 0:02.
Key Takeaways:
• The presentation focuses on cyber threat intelligence, specifically highlighting the "intelligence" component and the importance of source evaluation 0:05.
• Fred notes the relevance of PIRs and foresight techniques, which are common in other talks, to contextualize the need for robust source analysis 0:19.
• The core topic is the Admiralty scale, a method often less familiar to audiences than standard source citation practices, designed to address reliability issues 0:28.
• The speaker aims to explain the issues with current practices and detail how to effectively apply the Admiralty scale in reports 0:39.
Understanding source reliability is essential for accurate intelligence reporting and informed decision-making.
Sources:
- 0:02 Introduction of the speaker and topic: intelligence analysis in cyber threat intelligence.
- 0:19 Discussion of PIRs and foresight in the context of the conference.
- 0:28 Introduction of the Admiralty scale as the main subject.
- 0:39 Explanation of the goal: addressing source issues and applying the scale.
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Hi everyone. My name is Fred, of course. I'm going to talk about something that is near and dear to my heart. That is intelligence analysis. So, we do cyber threat intelligence. So, we have to talk more about intelligence part and it is also very, very, very heartwarming to hear that all almost all of the other talks are talking about PIRs and how to do foresight and stuff like that. And that's really, really amazing. I enjoy that. >> [snorts] >> So, I'm going to talk about something that not all of you are familiar with. It's called the Admiralty scale. And I guess a lot of you are used to using sources for your reports and stuff like that. But I'll talk more about sort of the the issues and then step in into what it is and how we can use it. So, we're going to talk a little bit about wha…