Cyber threat intelligence is information about threats an organization has or is exposed to, their model of operation, motive, and the business impact in the event of such attack. This cyber threat intelligence is used to identify, prepare, and protect the organization from cyber threats.
Cyber threat intelligence (CTI) services, according to ISO 27002:2022, focus on gathering, analyzing, and disseminating information about current and potential cyber threats. This includes understanding threat actors, their tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), as well as identifying vulnerabilities in an organization’s systems. The goal is to enhance an organization's security posture by providing actionable intelligence that can inform risk management decisions and incident response strategies. CTI should be integrated into the overall information security management system (ISMS) and continuously reviewed and updated to adapt to the evolving threat landscape.
What are the compliance requirements for Threat Intelligence in ISO27001:2022 and NIS2?
According to ISO27001:2022 clause 5.7 – Threat Intelligence, information relating to information security threats shall be collected and analyzed by organizations to produce threat intelligence. This analysis must lead to proactive mitigation controls and measures that prevents cybersecurity risks and incidents from happening.
According to Network and Information Systems 2 (NIS2) directive: The exchange of information takes place within the communities of the essential and important entities and, where relevant, of their suppliers or service providers. This exchange takes place through cybersecurity information exchange agreements in view of the potentially sensitive nature of the information shared.
Clause #119 - With cyber threats becoming more complex and sophisticated, good detection of such threats and their prevention measures depend to a large extent on regular threat and vulnerability intelligence sharing between entities. Information sharing contributes to an increased awareness of cyber threats, which, in turn, enhances entities’ capacity to prevent such threats from materialising into incidents and enables entities to better contain the effects of incidents and recover more efficiently.
Clause #59 The Commission, ENISA and the Member States should continue to foster alignments with international standards and existing industry best practices in the area of cybersecurity risk management, for example in the areas of supply chain security assessments, information sharing and vulnerability disclosure.
Article 29 Cybersecurity information-sharing arrangements
Member States shall ensure that entities falling within the scope of this Directive and, where relevant, other entities not falling within the scope of this Directive are able to exchange on a voluntary basis relevant cybersecurity information among themselves, including information relating to cyber threats, near misses, vulnerabilities, techniques and procedures, indicators of compromise, adversarial tactics, threat-actor-specific information, cybersecurity alerts and recommendations regarding configuration of cybersecurity tools to detect cyberattacks, where such information sharing:
- (a) aims to prevent, detect, respond to or recover from incidents or to mitigate their impact;
- (b) enhances the level of cybersecurity, in particular through raising awareness in relation to cyber threats, limiting or impeding the ability of such threats to spread, supporting a range of defensive capabilities, vulnerability remediation and disclosure, threat detection, containment and prevention techniques, mitigation strategies, or response and recovery stages or promoting collaborative cyber threat research between public and private entities.
What is cyber threat intelligence service and why do you need it?
Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) service from ISCS is the knowledge that allows you to prevent or mitigate cyber-attacks by studying the threat data and provide information on adversaries. It helps you to identify, prepare, and prevent attacks by providing information on attackers, their motive, and capabilities.
Cyber Threat Intelligence prepares organizations to be proactive with predictive capabilities instead of reactive for future cyber-attacks. Without understanding security vulnerabilities, threat indicators, and how threats are carried out, it is impossible to combat cyber-attacks effectively. By using our cyber threat intelligence (CTI) service you can prevent and contain attacks faster, potentially saving the cost in the event of cyber-attacks. Threat intelligence can elevate enterprise security at every level, including network and cloud security.
What are the types of Threat Intelligence?
There are different types of threat intelligence, from high-level, and non-technical information to technical details about specific attacks, for instance:
- Strategic: Strategic threat intelligence is high-level information that puts the threat in context. It is non-technical information that an organization could present to a board of directors or senior leadership. An example of strategic threat intelligence is the risk analysis of how a business decision might make the organization vulnerable to cyber attacks.
- Tactical: Tactical threat intelligence includes the details of how threats are being carried out and defended against, including attack vectors, tools, and infrastructures attackers are using, types of businesses or technologies that are targeted, and avoidance strategies. It also helps an organization understand how likely they are to be a target for different types of attacks.
- Operational: Operational cyber threat intelligence is information that an IT departments can use as part of active threat management to take action against a specific attack. It is information about the intent behind the attack, as well as the nature and timing of the attack.
- Technical: Technical threat intelligence is specific evidence that an attack is happening or indicators of compromise (IoC). Some threat intelligence tools use artificial intelligence to scan for these indicators, which might include email content from phishing campaigns, advance persistent threats (APT), IP addresses of infrastructures, or artifacts from known malware samples.
What is the future of threat intelligence?
Companies, although continuing investing generously in their cybersecurity solutions, remain susceptible to cyber-attacks, and this is an alert to help us realize that the traditional cybersecurity approach must be replaced with new and effective solutions, one of them is cyber threat intelligence (CTI) – a proactive approach to predictive analysis.
According to Grand View Research the demand for threat intelligence is increasing owing to rise in cyber threats, security breaches and growing numbers of sophisticated attacks in leading security conscious sectors. Moreover, the breaches in most organizations have a financial or espionage motive, which results in the disruption of business and has become a major concern for them, which is expected to contribute to the demand for threat intelligence solutions and services immensely. The global threat intelligence market size is projected to reach USD 36.53 billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of 14.7% from 2024 to 2030, according to a new study by Grand View Research Inc.
What does the ISCS Cyber Threat Intelligence service do?
ISCS Cyber Threat Intelligence service helps organizations with valuable knowledge about these threats, build effective defense mechanisms, and mitigate the risks that could cause financial and reputational damage. Threat Intelligence is the predictive capability to defend the future attacks that the organization is exposed to so they can proactively tailor their defenses and preempt future attacks.
ISCS is providing you with a monthly bulletin on each and every 1st day of the month. Cyber Threat Intelligence service is mainly categorized as strategic, tactical, technical, and operational. These four main chapters provides with the extensive information that you need in order to make a proactive informative decision.
ISCS is applying AI in order to provide you with the most comprehensive service on the market with a minimum monthly fee. Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is focusing on delivering valuable and efficient information according to your needs in order to comply with the different compliance frameworks. The value proposition of our CTI service is enormous comparing to the other tools in the market.
Our monthly Cyber Threat Intelligence bulletins contain actional data that you can use in order to produce:
- Create an actional plan
- Involve the right people by know who need that Cyber Threat Intelligence data
- Understand the difference between Threat Data (before analysts) and Threat Intelligence (after your own analysis and judgement as per your environmental specifics)
- Communicate with top management if necessary
- Implement the right TTP (Tools, Techniques and Procedures)
- Integrate with the Organization security technology
- Automatic analysis of vulnerabilities, threats, and new cybersecurity trends
- Better understanding of the cybersecurity landscape and what the latest risks are
- Meaningful conversations with your peers and stakeholders
- Stay at the edge of cybersecurity information flow!
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