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Learn more about how knowing an IP address, email address, or social media handle can help improve network and platform defense.   **Outline:** - **(00:40) Question 1:** In the world of digital crime, what do you define as a selector? - **(08:02) Question 2:** What are the importance of these selectors from an analytical perspective? What are the properties and values of various kinds of selectors? - **(11:38) Question 3:** How do you grade the value of a selector and what are some investigative use cases. - **(18:56) Question 4:** From a data engineering perspective, how should we think about aggregating data that allows analysts to query for selectors of interest? - **(29:31) Question 5:** What business problems do you solve through these definitions and how are selectors evaluated in the process?       ---   Topics: [podcast](https://blog.nisos.com/podcast/topic/podcast) [cyber5](https://blog.nisos.com/podcast/topic/cyber5) ##### Written by [Nisos](https://blog.nisos.com/podcast/author/nisos) ###### [Previous Post](https://blog.nisos.com/podcast/cyber5_episode26_appropriate_security_tools_log_aggregation_at_scale_medium_enterprise) [![](https://blog.nisos.com/hubfs/Podcast__Logo%20(TM)%20+%20Nisos-Jul-24-2020-08-57-46-75-AM.png)](https://blog.nisos.com/podcast/cyber5_episode26_appropriate_security_tools_log_aggregation_at_scale_medium_enterprise) ###### [Episode 26: Appropriate Security Tools and Log Aggregation at Scale For Medium Size Enterprise with Cboe Security Manager Jan Grzymala-Busse](https://blog.nisos.com/podcast/cyber5_episode26_appropriate_security_tools_log_aggregation_at_scale_medium_enterprise) ###### [Next Post](https://blog.nisos.com/podcast/cyber5_episode28_board_room_governance_risk) [![](https://blog.nisos.com/hubfs/Podcast__Logo%20(TM)%20+%20Nisos-Jul-24-2020-08-57-46-75-AM.png)](https://blog.nisos.com/podcast/cyber5_episode28_board_room_governance_risk) ###### [Episode 28: Governance and Risk in the Board Room with Reed Smith Partner Gerard Stegmaier](https://blog.nisos.com/podcast/cyber5_episode28_board_room_governance_risk) ### Post a Comment ### Featured ![](https://blog.nisos.com/hubfs/Nisos-Logo-White.png) Responsive strategies and intelligent defenses for protecting your enterprise. - Services - Managed Intelligence - Security Investigations - Why Nisos - Company - Resources - [Blog](https://blog.nisos.com/blog) - [Case Studies](https://blog.nisos.com/case-studies) - [White Papers](https://blog.nisos.com/technical-blogs) - [Podcast](https://blog.nisos.com/podcast) - [News](https://blog.nisos.com/news) - Contact ###### Contact Us [1-703-382-8400](tel:1-703-382-8400) [info@nisos.com](mailto:info@nisos.com) 603 King Street, Suite 300 Alexandria, VA 22314 [![Learn More](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/6068438/043dbe58-e265-499f-8574-2e0d1b4d410e.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/6068438/043dbe58-e265-499f-8574-2e0d1b4d410e) ©2020 Nisos. 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