Integrating threat intelligence into SIEM systems
SIEM solutions are becoming the de facto tool for real-time SOC function support. Therefore, a SIEM tool (or solution) must be solid and effective in decision support. The majority of modern SIEM tools contain threat intelligence functionalities. Intelligence brings proactivity in security monitoring. Integrating it into a SIEM system helps in the following ways:
- Provides an in-depth insight on threats, adversaries, and their TTPs. It details the threat landscape, helping organizations to know the active campaigns and groups that may target them.
- Reduces false positives and prioritizes alerts, helping the SOC and IR analysts to focus on the alerts that matter – those with a high impact score.
- Provides the SOC team with the resources and information necessary to act upon the detection of IOCs.
- Enhances the system's capability to detect threats thanks to its power to correlate data from internal and external...