Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Intelligence is now considered essential to the process of identifying, understanding and acting upon threats. According to the “Global Perspectives on Threat Intelligence” study conducted by Mandiant, 96% of decision-makers interviewed for the research believe that it is important to understand which cyber threat actors could be targeting their organisation. Consequently, threat Intelligence should be fully integrated into the internal mechanisms linked to threat detection and response.

Welcome to the Threat Context Monthly blog series where we provide a comprehensive roundup of the most relevant cybersecurity news, and threat information from KrakenLabs, Outpost24’s cyber threat intelligence team.

The Department of Defense (DoD) has embraced the Zero Trust Architecture to enhance its resilience against evolving threats. ThreatQ emerges as a strategic ally, aligning seamlessly with the Zero Trust principles. This blog sheds light on the pivotal role of ThreatQuotient in fortifying threat detection, investigation, and response while minimizing redundancy and noise.

In a 'Defender Fridays' live session, Greg Martin, CEO of Ghost Security, revisited the early days of Anomali (formerly ThreatStream), emphasizing its pivotal role in threat intelligence platform (TIP) evolution. He shared the importance of meticulously managing and validating Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) to maintain their relevance and impact, advocating for a blend of automation and manual oversight to keep threat intelligence agile and effective.

As the Principal Threat Intelligence Services Engineer and Trainer at ThreatQuotient, my role puts me in front of a diverse range of clients and partners across various industries, offering me a unique perspective on the impact of regulatory frameworks on cybersecurity. Through our European Union (EU) based clients and partners, I have seen the emergence of the need to be compliant with the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA).

Every day, the growing threat landscape presents new challenges for security teams, with threats becoming more diverse and complex. But while teams typically have the tools to gather the intelligence they need, they often run into trouble with the next steps in the process - enriching, prioritizing and responding to this intel.