Bridewell has launched BCON Collective, a dedicated Threat Research and Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) practice designed to help organisations better understand, prioritise and respond to today’s rapidly changing cyber threat landscape.
The new practice brings together Bridewell’s existing intelligence-led services, original threat research and specialist analysts under a single identity, reflecting growing customer demand for threat intelligence that informs strategic decision-making rather than simply providing indicators of compromise.
According to Bridewell, organisations are looking beyond traditional security monitoring as ransomware groups become more organised, attackers exploit trusted services and social engineering campaigns become more sophisticated. Rather than reacting to incidents, businesses want intelligence that helps them anticipate threats, understand adversaries and focus security resources where they will have the greatest impact.
Led by Gavin Knapp, Head of Cyber Threat Intelligence, BCON Collective will provide strategic, operational and tactical intelligence designed to support more informed security decision-making. The team works across areas including threat detection, vulnerability prioritisation, incident response and long-term cyber resilience planning.
“Threat intelligence has become its own discipline within cybersecurity,” said Anthony Young, CEO of Bridewell. “Organisations are progressing to see it as not just something that sits alongside security operations, rather they expect it to shape strategic decisions, inform vulnerability management and strengthen incident response.
“Gavin and the team have built an exceptional reputation for producing intelligence that is both technically rigorous and genuinely actionable. As customer demand for these services continues to grow, it made sense to give this capability its own identity while keeping it firmly rooted within Bridewell’s wider cybersecurity expertise.”
Bridewell said its CTI team has built a reputation for producing original threat research covering emerging cyber threats and attacker activity. Recent research has examined ransomware groups including DragonForce, the tactics used by Scattered Spider during attacks against major UK retailers, emerging phishing techniques such as FileFix and ConsentFix, and nation-state activity linked to North Korea.
Knapp believes the real value of threat intelligence lies in helping organisations cut through the volume of available data.
“The biggest misconception about threat intelligence is that it’s about collecting more information. It isn’t. It’s about reducing uncertainty,” he said. “Every security team already has more data than it can realistically process. The challenge is knowing which threats actually matter, which risks deserve immediate attention and where to focus before attackers make the decision for you.
“Most importantly our threat research, threat intelligence and collaboration with both Bridewell offensive security, threat detection, and response capabilities allows us to provide the key components of a threat informed defense to our CNI client base.
“BCON Collective reflects the evolution of the work we’ve already been doing for our clients. It gives our threat research and intelligence capability its own identity and creates a platform through which we can share more of our research, collaborate more closely with customers and continue helping organisations stay one step ahead of an increasingly complex threat landscape.”
Alongside its advisory services, BCON Collective will expand its programme of original threat research, annual intelligence reports, threat actor profiling and strategic intelligence briefings for organisations operating across critical national infrastructure, the public sector and commercial sectors.
