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Research reveals that 95% of breaches are financially driven – with 83% involving external actors.
In a world where cybercrime could potentially amass wealth greater than the combined market capitalization of Apple, Microsoft, and Google, understanding and mitigating threats before they impact your business is no longer optional— but a pressing need.
This highlights the crucial role of Cyber Threat Intelligence in transforming potential risks into strategic advantages. Let’s explore deeper.
What is Threat Intelligence?
As the word ‘intel’ suggests, threat intelligence is evidence-based information about potential cybersecurity threats your business can use to proactively identify and mitigate risks. It provides critical insights into the tactics, techniques, and procedures of adversaries, enhancing your defense mechanisms and incident response strategies with targeted security measures.
Why does Threat Intelligence matter?
In today’s landscape marked by sophisticated cyber-attacks, threat intelligence is crucial to stay one step ahead of the equally sophisticated cybercriminals. As detailed in the Rewterz Annual Threat Intelligence Report 2023, the threat landscape is vast and varied —. evolving from ransomware attacks to QR code phishing (“quishing”).
While targeted attacks on industries like manufacturing and healthcare are on the rise, other industries such as finance, education, government, and energy are not immune to their impact. A Threat Intelligence Platform turns these insights into actionable strategies, shifting businesses from a reactive to a proactive defense posture.
Cyber Threat Landscape: A recap and future outlook
In a recent survey by CyberRisk Alliance (CRA), over 39% of participants are already harnessing threat intelligence to fend off or lessen cyberattacks. An even more striking figure, 55% are gearing up to embrace Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) in their security strategies.
The question lies: why are so many organizations becoming threat vigilant, and how may it affect them? Let’s recap some of the headlines from the last year:
- Dating app that claims 50 million users suffer data breaches. (ET CISO)
- Attackers Flood NPM Repository with Over 15,000 Spam Packages Containing Phishing Links. (The Hacker News)
- It's not just you: Cybercriminals are also using ChatGPT to make their jobs easier. (Business Insider)
- Russian Hacktivist Group KillNet Hits U.S. Hospitals with DDoS Attacks. (BlackBerry)
- Google details 0-click bug in Pixel 6 modem: Advises users to disable 2G. (Malware.News)
- Rutgers, Stony Brook Among Colleges Warning of Data Exposure From MOVEit Hack. (Bloomberg)
These insights are just the tip of the iceberg. Gartner anticipates nearly half of the cybersecurity leaders will switch jobs by 2025 due to burnout and stress from potential breaches. Simultaneously, a talent shortfall could spike incident rates, highlighting a pressing cycle of stress and scarcity within the field.
These outlined challenges underscore the significance of a tailored threat intelligence strategy that effectively understands the nature and potential of the current threats as well as intelligently prepares the businesses to prevent and respond to the identified vulnerabilities with strategic measures.
How do Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP) protects your business?
Organizations often miss external cyber threats when so caught up in analyzing internal logs or incident reports. An external threat intelligence platform bridges this gap with its extensive tools and modules, assisting businesses with a strategic cybersecurity incident response and remediation approach — altering how businesses perceive, identify, and respond to sophisticated incidents.
- Industry-specific threat visibility: Allows businesses with unparalleled visibility into the threats specifically targeting their industry. This capability ensures organizations are always informed about the activities and tactics of cybercriminals and hacktivists, enabling them to tailor their defenses to the unique challenges they face.
- Proactive defense transformation: Enable organizations to shift from reactive to proactive by providing insights into global threats aimed directly at the business’s defense state. With a forward-looking approach, TIP allows for the preemptive identification and mitigation of potential threats, ensuring a more secure operational environment.
- Customized intelligence and remediation guidance: Offers tailored intelligence research, including remediation guidance and solutions specific to an organization's needs. This personalized approach significantly enhances the security posture of the business by providing actionable insights and strategies designed to address unique vulnerabilities.
- Comprehensive threat analysis: Through the analysis of suspicious files and behaviors, contextualized threat intelligence platforms can uncover the entire scope of an attack, from its inception to its execution. This comprehensive analysis aids in making informed security decisions, leveraging advanced research and the scalability of cloud technology to offer superior protection.
- Streamlined security investigations: Integrating threat intelligence into security operations streamlines the investigation process. By delivering timely and relevant information, these platforms significantly reduce the time required for security analysts to make informed decisions, optimizing the response to suspicious behaviors.
- Flexible integration and accessibility: easily integrate into existing IT infrastructures and applications, offering valuable insights through API requests. Available through various marketplaces, these platforms can be seamlessly added to enhance an organization's threat intelligence capabilities, driving forward security innovation.
- Standardization and collaboration: Improves intelligence sharing and operational consistency by adopting standardized reporting formats and common language frameworks, such as the MITRE ATT&CK matrix. Moreover, by facilitating engagement in information-sharing centers and the interoperability between contextualized threat intelligence tools these platforms amplify a collaborative approach to defense and bolster collective cybersecurity resilience.
How Rewterz transforms Threat Intelligence into a strategic business asset?
- Comprehensive visibility with threat data feeds: By enabling continuous access to enriched and contextualized Indicators of Compromise (IOCs), Rewterz enables your business with real-time, actionable cyber threat intelligence into your security infrastructure. This not only enhances your forensic capabilities but also equips you with the insights needed to pre-emptively neutralize potential threats, ensuring your operations remain uninterrupted and secure.
- Proactive defense with threat advisories: Our timely threat advisories provide more than just information — they transform information into action. By receiving early warnings about emerging threats, your organization can shift from a reactive to a proactive defense posture, mitigating risks before they escalate into costly breaches and turning them into strengths by leveraging a maintained resilient cybersecurity posture.
- Strategic clarity with APT Intelligence Reporting: Gain a thorough understanding of the tactics, techniques, and procedures of Advanced Persistent Threats (APT) with our exclusive APT intelligence reporting. By providing insights into the nuances of APT actors Rewterz helps your organization implement targeted defenses, minimize risk sophisticated attack risks, and safeguard critical assets with strategic clarity. This methodology, ensures your defenses are not just robust but also resilient against evolving threats.
- Financial threat intelligence for asset protection: Anticipate and thwart financially motivated cyber threats with our comprehensive analysis of malware campaigns and early warning systems. By staying informed about the latest financial cybercrime tactics, Rewterz helps you protect your financial assets and ensure the integrity of your transactions, preserving customer trust and your organization's reputation.
Transforming Threat Intelligence into business strength
In a world where threats are inevitable, Rewterz ensures that readiness and resilience are too.
Rewterz Threat Intelligence Platform is not just a tool but a strategic ally in the fight against cyber threats. With our extensive modules—ranging from contextualized threat intelligence feeds, stolen credentials, and dark web monitoring to social media, digital footprint monitoring, and beyond — we provide a holistic approach to cybersecurity.
By transforming threat intelligence into actionable insights and proactive defenses, we help you to not only mitigate risks but transform them into opportunities leveraging seamless integration with 170+ tools and 750+ automated actions.
If you’re a third-party vendor or a security team seeking external threat intelligence to supplement or refine your existing security solutions and infrastructure, explore our specialized assessments and transformative consultancy to find the right fit for your defense use case. Get in touch with our experts today.