What if criminals were discussing, selling, or preparing access to your company before anything appeared on your security dashboard?

In this episode of Business of Cybersecurity, I speak with Lewis Henderson, Director of Intelligence Communications at KELA, about the criminal economy operating beyond the corporate network. We discuss how cyber threat intelligence can reveal attacker intent earlier, giving security teams time to respond before stolen access becomes a full breach.

KELA’s State of Cybercrime 2026 research identified 2.86 billion stolen credentials in a single year. Lewis explains why that volume makes exposure a question of probability for many large organizations. He also describes how cybercrime as a service has lowered the technical barrier for attackers. Businesses may now face hundreds of lower-skilled criminals usi ...