“Cyber war is the battlefield of now.”
Organisations are facing
multifarious threats to the security of their data systems. It has made
imperative to understand cyber security in order to protect data resources.
However, data vulnerability is
expanding at a rapid pace that most of the organisations have been unable to
match it. But, the quest for zero data
vulnerability is opening the new avenues for the corporate sector by offering
various tools and techniques to improve data security.
Further, big enterprises are
become pro-active in managing their security control systems to thwart data
attacks. For this, cyber-security is getting massive popularity owing to the
comprehensiveness of approach and compactness of operations.
Although many people
understand the terminology, it is misunderstood in many cases. Generally, raw information and mislabelled
processes are considered as the intelligence which is not true.
So, the article is intended to
offer an extensive understanding of how threat intelligence helps to protect
information in an enterprise.
Gartner
defines the term in
the following words:
“It is an evidence-based
knowledge which includes context, indicators, mechanisms, implications and
workable advice regarding an emerging or existing hazard or menace to assets
that can be used to take inform decisions in response to the subject to that
menace or hazard.”
So, if the above-given
definition is taken into consideration, threat intelligence is the outcome of security analytics
based on collected
requirements, identification and assessment of information. Therefore, it is imperative to understand
that raw information doesn’t constitute intelligence.
However, business organisations
strive hard to keep their security strategy based on intelligence by making it
optimized and relevant in order to reduce operational risks.
It is imperative to understand
that the whole process of data protection primarily based on the analysis.
Therefore, massive quantity of data is processed to transform it into information
relevant to intelligence. This is done in two ways as given below:
This type of security
methodology identifies the most cumbersome threats. The process is highly
difficult because it focuses on the core assets of organisations including
customers’ data, employees’ information, infrastructure, vendors, and
applications.
So, the objective is attained
by utilizing extremely professional human skills to implement security
analytics. Further, it requires developing external connections to identify
cyber security trends.
Ultimately, the topology helps
to construct a comprehensive architecture for the defense against threats. The
most common example of this topology is the threat actor TTPs used to keep
informed security measures.
It is done automatically by
the computers by identifications and analysis of data through enrichment.
Automatic detection of
distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks is considered the most common type
operational threat intelligence. Further, network telemetry and indicators of
compromise (IOCs) are used to identify information attacks.
Although, various eminent
scholars and cyber security experts have done in-depth research in the
implementation of threat intelligence topologies, it’s difficult to answer.
It is owing to the reason that threat intelligence is both the strategic and operational. It is a
comprehensive approach towards risk analysis and threats identification.
So, it’s like the egg-chicken
situation because no one can give a distinct idea to use one topology
separately without implementing the other. Hence, operational and strategic
threat intelligence goes hand in gloves.
There are many tools available
in the market to help business enterprises. All these tools are used for data security
for the sake successful threat intelligence implementation.
Generally, a successful
cyber-strategy goes through the following procedure:
- Procure or develop secure systems to
automate the process of collection, identification, and enrichment of potential
threat information.
- Create, implement and maintain adequate
tools required for operational threat intelligence.
- Analyse and identify the ways to devise
valuable and target oriented strategic intelligence.
Unfortunately, many of the
business organisations ignore the value of above-given procedure which results
in the loss of important data.
The world is staggering in
uncertainties owing to data insecurity. It is owing to the reason that
technology has made information vulnerable to the threats leading to loss of
data.
However, where there is a
will, there's a way! So, along with other processes of security management,
threat intelligence is considered a panacea for cyber threats.
It is a process of
implementing data protection strategies based on identification and analysis of
cyber security analytics.
Remember!
Your data asset is
the most precious resource for business progress. Don’t give it in the hands of
data hackers.
