Threat Intelligence and Hunting

Predictive threat Intel driven next gen cybersecurity operations - Right Intel for Right Job

Our next generation security operations teams identify real-time threats and assist in predicting not just which future threats may impact your business but also explain how by blending in Cyberthreat Intelligence (CTI)  as a key capability for any SecOps function. In the world of cybersecurity, advanced persistent threats (APTs) and defenders are constantly trying to outmaneuver each other. Data on a threat actor’s next move is crucial to proactively tailoring your defenses and preempt future attacks. 

"Currently, no single source of threat intelligence, whether open-source, commercially available, or government-developed, provides comprehensive visibility into all aspects of the market. "

TI program Challenges at Organizations

Unqualified TI sources

SOCs often report threat intelligence ineffectively to stakeholders, missing opportunities to increase risk awareness and demonstrate the value of the capability.

TI Siloed

Organizations lack integration in their approach to threat intelligence, primarily contained within the security operations center (SOC), leading to isolated prioritization of requirements.

Lack of strategic oversight

Security and risk management (SRM) leaders struggle to establish mature threat intelligence capabilities, facing challenges in collecting appropriate intelligence, resource allocation, and strategic oversight.

TI Foundations not established

Defining defensible threat intelligence budgets remains a challenge for SRM leaders due to overlooked foundational principles, hindering long-term objective achievement.

Effective TI program should enable

Components of Threat Intelligence Function

People

Process

Integration Into Business Units

Threat Intelligence Feeds

Threat Intelligence Feeds

Threat Intelligence feeds

Identify and add capabilities to expand offering to various personas. Develop a strategy to feed business centric users rather than just technical users. When thinking about your organization overall, it’s highly encouraged to reach leaders beyond those who would typically come to mind for CTI enrollment (e.g., HR, Legal, Marketing, Communications, Emergency Management, Finance, R&D) and business departments that are already plugged into the SecOps ecosystem. 

Tailor product value proposition messaging to well-defined use cases, such as security operations (SecOps) intelligence, threat actor profiling or brand protection.

Increase market footprint by partnering or acquiring new capabilities across TI, digital risk protection services (DRPS) and external attack surface management (EASM) segments, as these offerings are expected to converge.

Tailor messaging to other professional figures outside the chief information security officer (CISO) as they have an influence in the acquisition of TI capabilities.

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Level 4: Cyber Security Incident Response Process (CSIRP)

At the SOC’s most advanced level are managers and chief officers and they will be more engaged and execute this process. This group oversees all SOC team activities and is responsible for hiring and training, plus evaluating individual and overall performance. Level 4's step in during crises, and, specifically, serve as the liaison between the Security team and the rest of the organization. They are also responsible for ensuring compliance with organization, industry and government regulations.

Level 3: Proactive security operations

The security managers are informed and specialist crew are involved and begin moving from reactive to proactive security actions. Personnel are likely expert security analysts who are actively searching for vulnerabilities within the network and hunting for threats. They will use advanced threat detection tools to diagnose weaknesses and make recommendations for overall security improvement. Within this group, you might also find specialists, such as forensic investigators, compliance auditors or cybersecurity analysts. They will decide to escalate Level 4.

Level 2: Cyber Incident Remediation

These personnel can quickly get to the root of the problem and assess which part of your infrastructure is an issue or at risk. They will follow a well defined playbook process and makes decision to remediate the problem based on knowledge of the issue and environments. They will flag certain issues for additional investigation outside of the incident response protocol and when to escalate to Level 3.

Level 1: First responders

The first line of incident responders are group of security analysts who will be eyes on glass 24x7 and watch for alerts. They are primarily tasked to look at the urgency of an alert, can it be solved within their confines which is automated playbook / orchestration or follow up on established playbooks. Based on the above they play a role to escalate to Level 2. They are also responsible to run statistics and SOC reports for review. Behavioral analytics and AI based beta models are adopted for advanced needs to act as L1.