With Take Command 2025 just around the corner, we sat down with Raj Samani, Chief Scientist at Rapid7, for a preview of his upcoming session: Inside the Mind of an Attacker: Navigating the Threat Horizon.
Raj will be joined by Trent Teyema, Founder and President at CSG Strategies and former head of the FBI Cyber Division, and moderator Brian Honan, CEO of BH Consulting. Together, they bring decades of experience across cyber intelligence, national security, and frontline incident response.
So what can attendees expect from the session, and the day as a whole?
A Panel Built for Practical Impact
“This isn’t a talking shop,” Raj told us. “The people on this panel are practitioners. They do the job.”
Rather than focus on theory, the session aims to provide clear, actionable guidance rooted in real-world expertise. Raj describes the panel as a rare convergence of perspectives: vendors developing the tools, consultants advising organizations directly, and former government leaders who’ve pursued and prosecuted threat actors.
“We’ve got three legs of the solution represented,” he said. “And the audience is the fourth. Between us, we’re covering every side of the response equation.”
The Shift in Attacker Capabilities
While Raj didn’t give away too much ahead of the session, he offered a clear warning: attacker capabilities have evolved—rapidly.
“In the past, tools and techniques used by advanced nation-state actors were out of reach for most criminals,” ..
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