The Intel Drop | Cognitive bias: assumptions impacting your investigations

AJ Nash, Authentic8 Digital Intelligence Advocate, explain how confirmation bias, availability heuristic, and anchoring can lead security professionals astray, often resulting in misidentification and overlooked threats. Drawing from nearly two decades in the intelligence community, he highlights techniques like analysis of competing hypothesis and structured self-critique to mitigate these biases. Recognizing and countering these cognitive pitfalls is crucial for a robust, intelligence-driven security strategies.