About Cyber Threat Intelligence - Part 1 | What is Threat Intelligence

Have you ever wonder what is threat intelligence? Threat intelligence is referring to information that is gathered in raw data format about emerging or existing threat actors and threats from a number of sources. This data is then analyzed and filtered to produce threat intel feeds and management reports that contain information that can be used by automated security control solutions.

 

The primary purpose of this type of security is to keep organizations informed of the risks of advanced persistent threat, zero-day threats and exploits, and how to protect against them.

 

Threat intelligence can help to achieve the following objectives:

• Ensure you stay up to date with the often overwhelming volume of threats, including methods, vulnerabilities, targets and bad actors.
• Help you become more proactive about future cybersecurity threats.
• Keep leaders, stakeholders and users informed about the latest threats and repercussions they could have on the business.

I will explain the type of threat intelligence on the next post.