Details
Date & Time
March 25th, 2026 @ 2:30pm - 4:00pm PT
Location
Lao Table
149 2nd St, San Francisco, CA 94105
Most threat intel ends up as noise. Defenders drown in too much information. Reports are consumed ad hoc. Threat actors change techniques before feeds incorporate IOCs. And adversaries keep profiting.
Join Expel Threat Intel experts James Shank and Marcus Hutchins for a candid AMA at Lao Table, where we’ll challenge the industry's obsession with "actionability" and discuss the hard questions. Are business decisions getting sharper because of your intel program? Are you making adversary tactics more expensive than they're worth? And what can the security community accomplish together that no single org can pull off alone?
Strong opinions. Honest answers. The kind of conversation that follows you out of the room.
We have a point of view. Come hear it. Spots are limited.
Speakers
James Shank
Director, Threat Operations, Expel
James Shank is Expel’s Director of Threat Operations, and is responsible for threat intelligence, vulnerability intelligence, and threat hunting. He also serves as Chairperson of the Board for Internet Fire Brigade Society, a non-profit focused on solving Internet Security problems outside of the remit of for-profit organizations. He also serves on several boards and advisory committees.
Marcus Hutchins
Principal Threat Researcher
Cybersecurity specialist, speaker, ex-hacker. Best known for stopping the 2017 global WannaCry ransomware attack. A self-taught programmer who built a global following under the alias MalwareTech, he later transitioned into a cybersecurity research role in Los Angeles. His journey—from anonymous malware analyst to the researcher who halted WannaCry—was featured on the cover of Wired in 2020, cementing his place as one of the most recognized figures in modern cybersecurity.
