Author's Profile

Michelle Alvarez is the manager of the Threat Intelligence Production Team with IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS). She brings nearly 20 years of industry experience to her role, specializing in threat research and communication. In her current role, she focuses communications efforts around strategic threat and impact assessments for X-Force IRIS clients. Michelle's previous roles include threat analyst, writer, and manager with IBM Managed Security Services (MSS).