In a scenario where cyberattacks escalate frantically, prepared organizations avoid financial and image losses.
Recently, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released more than 60 new vulnerabilities that governments and companies need to close to prevent cyberattacks. This is because 2021 saw an exponential increase in data breaches and hijackings, mainly in internet-connected systems.
The concerns of the body linked to the defense of the greatest global power are in line with what the news points out day after day: companies of all sizes and in the most varied segments are victims of fraud in systems and sensitive data, which generates financial and of image.
In fact, 8 out of 10 Brazilian companies plan to increase their investments in information security, according to a PwC study . In practice, what they are doing is increasing their Threat Intelligence, which, in short, means dealing methodically with the imminent threat of attacks to which they are constantly subjected.
According to Gartner , the world's largest IT research and consulting firm, Threat Intelligence "is evidence-based knowledge, including context, mechanisms, indicators, implications, and action-oriented advice about an existing or emerging threat or hazard to assets."
In other words, a company that invests in Threat Intelligence works to prevent or mitigate attacks on its data. It does this from the context: who is attacking — or might be attacking — what are their motivations and resources, and what indicators of compromise in the systems should be performed.
Types of Threat Intelligence
As a strategy, but also as a technological framework to install it, Threat Intelligence can be divided into three types:
- Strategic threat intelligence: provides a broad overview of the organization's threat landscape; it is intended to inform high-level decisions made by executives — as such, the content is often less technical and is presented through reports or briefings.
- Tactical threat intelligence: describes threat actors' tactics, techniques, and procedures; it should help defenders understand, in specific terms, how the company can be attacked and the best ways to defend against or mitigate those attacks.
- Operational threat intelligence: is knowledge about cyber attacks, events or campaigns; provides expert insights that help incident response teams understand the nature, intent, and timing of specific attacks.
Threat Intelligence is a specialized approach
However, anyone who thinks that it is possible to increase threat intelligence without external collaboration is wrong.
On the contrary, specialized help is needed to identify vulnerabilities, find loopholes or limitations and draw up a strategic plan for prevention, damage containment or restoration — in the event of a successful attack.
What are your company's cybersecurity vulnerabilities? To what degree are networks, systems and organizational information protected today?
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