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Cyber Threat Intel

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What is Cyber Threat Intel? Threat intel is the information about the threats. Cyber threat intel is used to better understand, predict and adopt to the behavior of malicious actors. It plays an important role in preventing the zero-day attacks. " Threat information that has been aggregated, transformed, analyzed, interpreted, or enriched to provide the necessary context for decision-making processes " (NIST). Threat Intel life Cycle: Intelligence lifecycle is the process of developing raw information into finished intelligence for policymaker to use in decision making and action. CTI Life Cycle Planning and Direction Planning and direction helps in setting up the goals for the threat intel program. Priorities and requirements are defined in this phase. Collection: Collection means gathering of data to produce the finished intelligence. Data includes logs(Firewall, IPS/IDS, Endpoints), threat feeds and OSINT(reports, social media, public forums). Collection Types of Collectio