Under The Microscope:
Jeremy Kirk and James Taliento
Interviewee Profiles
Jeremy Kirk
Director, OKTA
Jeremy Kirk is a Director based in Sydney with Okta Threat Intelligence, the threat intelligence team of the identity company, Okta. He is part of a team that produces actionable intelligence and advisories on emerging cyber threats, with a focus on issues such as account takeover, social engineering, phishing and AI security. He previously worked on the intelligence analysis team at Intel 471, a cyber threat intelligence firm, writing about and analysing the evolving cybercriminal underground.
James Taliento
CEO, AFTRDRK
James Taliento (“JT”) has spent the last 20 years moving from penetration testing and red team operations to specialised research on ransomware and the underground cybercrime ecosystem. Leveraging that hands on experience, he founded AFTRDRK to turn hard won, human verified intel from private threat actor venues into actionable protection for enterprises worldwide.
