September 2024

Threat intelligence involves gathering, analyzing, curating, and contextualizing information about potential and ongoing threats to an organization’s IT systems. This proactive approach to cybersecurity helps organizations prioritize, identify, assess, and mitigate risks from likely cyber threats. The curation and contextualization process is what differentiates various threat intelligence sources, and provides significant value to defenders. For small- and mediumsized organizations, authoritative threat intelligence is crucial for understanding industry-specific threats and optimizing resource allocation for maximum defensive impact.