What is threat intelligence?

Threat intelligence, or cyber threat Intelligence, is basically knowledge about threat actors (an individual or group of attackers that carry out hacking campaigns against companies or government bodies), their motives, and their capabilities. Threat intelligence is all about staying on top of the latest threats and risks lurking on the internet. Threat intelligence enables us to make faster, more informed, data-backed security decisions and change our behavior from reactive to proactive in the fight against attackers. Threat intelligence helps every domain of cybersecurity, including SOC analysts, intel analysts, chief information security officers (CISOs), etc. By collecting and analyzing threat intelligence information, organizations can be empowered through early detection and prevention, informed decision-making using context, improved incident response, a better understanding of attackers’ tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), better...