Threat Intelligence

Setting the Record Straight on Cyber Threat Intelligence

Threat intelligence has achieved buzzword status. The good news behind that is people are talking about it - it is a critical component of a cyber risk management program. The bad news is too many folks have distorted and confused the term, so much so that it’s meaning varies widely depending with whom you’re speaking. And that fact is taking away from the real value of legitimate cyber threat intelligence.

A perfect example is in an article I read recently where it stated that said,  “60% of organizations have had a threat intelligence program in place for more than 2 years.” It’s important to understand how “threat intelligence” is defined in this setting because there’s simply no way that a majority of organizations have a “threat intelligence program” established, let alone for the last 2 years.