Other departments to consider

At this point, we have mostly talked about the use of threat intelligence by security organizations. This is because they are the largest consumers of threat intelligence, as it is used both tactically and strategically to defend the organization and make it resilient against attacks. To do this, they need to understand who is targeting them, why they are being targeted, and how they can put the necessary processes, people, and technologies into place to defend against those attacks.

However, security organizations are not the only organizations that can use threat intelligence for value. While not a holistic list, we've identified other stakeholder departments within organizations that usually consume threat intelligence.

Products and services

"Products and services" is a broad and hard-to-address term for everyone. We have listed it here because we know that it is not uncommon for threat actors to target the products or services...