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Suneel Sundar

Suneel Sundar

Director of R&D

As the Director of Research & Development in the Center for Threat-Informed Defense, Suneel leads and executes the Center’s research program with MITRE engineers, private sector partners, and U.S. government organizations that makes cyber attackers’ lives difficult. Suneel teaches Iyengar yoga in San Diego and over Zoom.

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Threat-Informed Defense is a Mindset, Not a Technique

The Center for Threat-Informed Defense has published the results of three new projects so far in 2025, as well as three updates within the corpus of Security Capability Mappings. Within the Center, our most impactful work comes from enabling efficiency and innovation across the industry, and we do …

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Threat-Informed Defense Applies Broadly – 2024 R&D Roadmap Update – Part Three

The third principle for our 2024 research program is Threat-Informed Defense applies broadly. You will find Center projects that apply threat-informed defense to artificial intelligence enabled systems, to hardware, and a variety of platforms.

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Share the How – 2024 R&D Roadmap Update – Part Two

Our mission is to advance the state of the art and state of the practice in threat-informed defense globally. To make that transition from art to practice for all defenders, our second principle is Share the how.

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Good Work Becomes Better Work – 2024 R&D Roadmap Update – Part One

Threat-informed defense identifies known adversary behavior, relevant to an organization’s threat model, and fosters a community-driven approach to enable an organization to proactively defend, self-assess, and improve defenses against those known threats.

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Industry Leaders Expand Threat Informed Defense to AI Enabled Systems

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly integrated into various industries, the importance of securing AI-enabled systems cannot be overstated. Recognizing this critical need, the Center for Threat-Informed Defense is launching a major initiative to bolster security for AI-enabled …

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More Threat Informed in More Ways With More Defenders

The Center for Threat-Informed Defense released five new projects in the first quarter of 2024, and this momentum will carry through the calendar year. You can use our latest research to advance your understanding of insider threats, make data driven decisions about your defenses, search and explore …

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