Convince your manager
Your manager’s go-ahead, in two minutes.
THREAD is free, lasts a single day and is built for practitioners. The hard part is usually the conversation with your manager — so here are the arguments, and two templates you can send in under a minute.
Free to attend, one day out
Registration costs nothing and THREAD runs for a single day, Thursday, October 15, in central Paris. The only budget question is travel — and only if you are coming from outside the city.
Not a vendor pitch
No product keynote, no sales track. The agenda is built with the community: hands-on labs, adversarial simulation, and sessions led by the people running CTI and SOC programs day to day.
Skills the team keeps
Workshops and labs on operationalizing threat intelligence, run in English. Whatever you practise on October 15 goes straight back into your own workflows.
A network worth having
A room full of analysts, engineers and contributors from other CTI, SOC and security teams — the peers you will call the next time something moves fast.
Ready-to-send templates
Copy and adapt the template that fits your situation.
Subject: Requesting approval to attend THREAD, Paris, October 15
Hi [Manager Name], I'd like your approval to attend THREAD, Filigran's new conference for the threat intelligence and cyber defense community, on Thursday, October 15 in Paris. It's practitioner-first, not a sales event: hands-on workshops, a CTF/adversarial simulation track, and peer conversations with other CTI, SOC, and security teams. I'd expect to come back with practical workflows we can use and a stronger read on how other teams are operationalizing threat intel. Logistics: one day, in person, October 15. Note that travel/accommodation aren't covered by the event, so [I'll need travel budget approval / this isn't an issue since I'm local]. Happy to share a recap with the team afterward. Let me know if you need more detail. Thanks, [Your Name]
Adapt anything you like — these are a starting point, not a script. If your manager has a question they do not answer, the FAQ probably does.