You're listening to the CyberWire X, a series of specials where we highlight important security topics affecting security professionals worldwide.

I'm Rick Howard, the chief security officer of N2K and the chief analyst and senior fellow at the CyberWire.

On today's episode, my co-host Dave Bitner and I will be discussing the power of web data

in cybersecurity.

In other words, open source intelligence. A program note, each

cyberwire X special features two segments. In the first part we'll hear from an industry

expert on the topic at hand and in the second part we'll hear from an industry expert on the topic at hand and in the second part

we'll hear from our show's sponsor for their point of view. When we come back

Dave and I will be joined at the CyberWire's hash table by two subject matter

experts tell us how they think about this kind of open source

intelligence. Come right back. We all know that cyber attacks are on the rise in a big way.

Solid, reliable, public web data is your first line of defense in identifying and fighting back against bad actors

as well as staying one step ahead.

At Bright Data we're helping thousands of businesses of all sizes do just that.

Because we're on a mission to make the Web a more transparent place for everyone.

Companies integrate their systems with Bright Data's web data

platform in order to carry out security research, prepare for possible

future cyber threats, and protect their business entities, customers, and products on a day-to-day operational

level.

Interested in learning more, please visit bright data.com. dot com. Today we are talking about the public web data domain which is a fancy way to say that there is a lot of

information sitting on websites around the world that is freely available to

anybody who has the gumption to collect it and use it for some purpose.

...