Brian Krebs Portfolio
Investigative security journalist whose "Krebs on Security" site has broken major breach and cybercrime stories for over a decade, built on original sourcing and documented investigation rather than press-release aggregation.
What makes it work
A breakdown of the choices that make this portfolio stand out.
Original sourcing over wire-service aggregation
Stories are built from direct outreach to victims, cybercriminal forums, and law enforcement contacts rather than summarizing press releases, which is why the site regularly breaks breaches before official disclosure.
A visible personal cost taken for the reporting
The site has weathered DDoS attacks and retaliation from the criminal groups it covers, and addresses this directly — a level of transparency about the cost of the work that most security blogs don't need to show.
A deep archive organized by threat category
Years of dated posts organized into categories like ransomware, data breaches, and employment fraud let the site function as a searchable case-study library, not just a news feed.
What Cybersecurity Analysts can take from this
Specific, actionable tips to apply to your own portfolio — no generic advice.
Go to primary sources — victims, forums, direct outreach — rather than summarizing other outlets' reporting; original sourcing is what actually differentiates analysis from aggregation.
Organize a long-running archive by threat category so it becomes a reference resource, not just a reverse-chronological feed.
Be transparent about the real risks or pushback your work has drawn — it signals the reporting has actual teeth.
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