TAG Vice President, Threat Intelligence

Washington, DC Preferred

About TAG

TAG is the leading global initiative fighting criminal activity and increasing trust in the digital advertising industry. TAG advances its mission of eliminating fraudulent traffic, sharing of threat intelligence, promoting brand safety and enabling transparency by connecting industry leaders, analyzing threats, and sharing best practices worldwide. TAG's international member companies include the world's largest and most influential brands, agencies, publishers, and ad tech providers. Since 2018, TAG has held the U.S. Department of Homeland Security designation has the first and only Information Sharing and Analysis Organization (ISAO) for the digital advertising industry, making TAG the primary forum for sharing threat intelligence in our industry. For more information on TAG, please visit tagtoday.net.

About TAG’s Threat Intelligence Department and AdSec Threat Exchange

As the digital advertising industry’s DHS-designated Information Sharing & Analysis Organization (ISAO), TAG's Advertising Security (AdSec) threat-sharing programs facilitate intelligence sharing within the digital advertising ecosystem and require companies to meet rigorous standards for identifying and mitigating criminal exploitation of their supply chains. We are passionate about intelligence, tradecraft, and actionable analytic insights. We enjoy the hunt. We strive to innovate. We value creativity and entrepreneurship. We believe a diverse and inclusive team authors the best analysis. Above all else, we value the collective defense model in our mission to inform and enable TAG members as they counter and mitigate cyber threats to the digital advertising industry.

About You

You enjoy working with cutting-edge technology innovators and the world’s largest media, advertising, and technology companies. You are passionate about intelligence, leadership, and coalition building and excelled at those in an intelligence community or federal law enforcement setting. You are intrigued by malvertising and the digital advertising industry's unique challenges. You recognize that organized cybercrime, malicious advertising, and digital piracy are interdependent. You stay abreast of the latest threats, recognize the value of intelligence, and think it should drive operations. You are a passionate and committed leader and team member who is always willing to lend a hand, mentor a colleague, or increase our global team’s awareness by sharing your knowledge. You understand what it takes to lead a successful team and build benchmark programs in a startup-style environment. You believe you can make a difference.

About the Role

As TAG’s VP of Threat Intelligence, you will report directly to the Chief Operating Officer. You are a subject matter expert responsible for developing actionable intelligence on emerging threats and facilitating sharing through the AdSec Threat Exchange. You will think like our adversaries as you build and manage a team that collects information from various internal and external sources and uses it to develop actionable intelligence that assesses and contextualizes threat actors and their tools, techniques, and procedures. You will lead the AdSec Threat Exchange and assist its members in leveraging intelligence to identify and mitigate malicious activity proactively. You are skilled at coalition building and will lead TAG’s joint operations with public sector partners in government intelligence, law enforcement, and cybersecurity. You will be able to grow professionally and expand your responsibilities over time.

TAG is a hybrid work environment, offering a highly competitive benefits package including the potential for performance-based bonuses atop annual salary.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day management of TAG’s threat intelligence department, which includes analytic production, intelligence management, global threat-sharing partnerships, and TAG AdSec Threat Exchange.

• Develop and maintain trusted relationships with the executive leadership of TAG member companies' threat intelligence, fraud, anti-piracy, and anti-malvertising teams and key contacts within the intelligence community, law enforcement, and our ISAO/ISAC partners.

• Recruit new AdSec Threat Exchange members. Develop and manage the implementation of product roadmaps and operating plans. Ensure achievement of growth and revenue objectives.

• Support TAG members in strengthening their defensive cybersecurity capabilities by conducting investigations and analyses relevant to the TAG AdSec Threat Exchange and securing the digital advertising supply chain.

• Oversee TAG AdSec Threat Exchange support of TAG member companies during incident response, including malware outbreaks, zero-day vulnerabilities, and other major security events.

• Partner with TAG’s Policy & Compliance department on necessary changes to TAG’s suite of threat-sharing and compliance standards and tools, and develop new standards and tools to benefit the TAG Community.

• In partnership with TAG’s CEO and COO, lead strategic planning for TAG’s Threat Intelligence department and the AdSec Threat Exchange. 

• Speak publicly and with journalists on behalf of TAG and the TAG Community regarding criminal threats to the digital ad supply chain and threat-sharing operations to counteract such bad actors.

Required Qualifications

• 7-10 years of experience in, or supporting, government intelligence, counterintelligence, or law enforcement analysis and operations, including at least two years in a joint operating environment and at least five years as a senior intelligence analyst, senior intelligence officer, supervisory special agent, team leader, or program manager.

• In place of the intelligence community or federal law enforcement leadership experience, at least five years’ experience in a leadership role for a corporate risk intelligence, threat management, enterprise security, or similar function is required. 

• Polished written and oral communication skills, particularly in communicating actionable threat intelligence to technical and non-technical executive stakeholders in a clear, concise, and compelling manner that inspires action.

• Proven analytical, planning, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

• Experience managing complex criminal investigations or intelligence operations.

• Expert in the collection, processing, and production of OSINT.

• Strong coalition-building, collaboration, negotiation, and facilitation skills and the ability to build trust among internal and external stakeholders.

• Entrepreneurial drive and demonstrated ability to achieve goals in a fast-paced and innovative environment.

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in cybersecurity and threat intelligence sharing platforms, including at least two years of experience in tactical cyber threat intelligence, vulnerability research, malware analysis, and exploit investigation.

• Knowledge of the digital advertising industry and programmatic ad-serving process.

• Understanding of malvertising threats, advertising fraud, digital piracy, and security vulnerabilities within the digital advertising supply chain and media industries.

• Experience participating in or directly supporting an Information Sharing Analysis Center (ISAC) or Organization (ISAO).

• Key industry certifications such as CISP, CompTIA, GIAC, etc.

• InfraGard membership.

• Media-trained with a record of successful media engagements, interviews, and public speaking. 

• Masters or other related professional degree.

To Apply:

Please send a resume, cover letter, and references to Margaret Hackley at margaret@tagtoday.net.