Selecting a Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP)

Do You Need a TIP?



Many organizations struggle with managing threat intelligence. There is too much data noise, reliance on manual processes that make it harder to correlate relevant intelligence, and difficulties in producing and distributing actionable reports to the right people. 



Organizations turn to a Threat Intelligence Platform or TIP to help alleviate some of these problems.



A TIP is like a nerve center that pulls raw data and intelligence from multiple sources into a central repository. Using automation, it sifts through and correlates that data to find relevant intelligence through curation, normalization, enrichment, and risk scoring. A TIP can create a feedback loop that integrates with existing security systems by analyzing and sharing relevant, actionable threat intelligence across an organization.



Key benefits of a TIP are reducing time to detection, enabling collaboration, and producing actionable information for stakeholders.



Top Considerations When Selecting a TIP



Stakeholders



The search for a TIP should begin with a clear understanding of the audience it will be serving. The most frequent users of a TIP are threat intelligence analysts, SOC analysts, cyber threat hunters, IR analysts, and CISOs, each with different needs and expectations they hope to garner from the TIP. For example, threat intelligence analysts can use the curated information to create adversary dossiers, while CISOs can execute on strategic goals and keep costs down through time saved by automation.



Collaboration



Collaboration and threat intelligence sharing between groups is a core benefit of a TIP.  In selecting a TIP, it is fundamental to understand organizational structure and ..

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