Dictionary · Defensive Security
Threat Intelligence
Operations · Intermediate
Analyzed information about threats, including who is active and which indicators matter, produced so a defender can make a specific decision.
A raw list of addresses is data. Intelligence says why it matters to you and what to do. If it does not change a decision, it is just a feed.
Example: A report ties a phishing domain to a campaign that targets the company's industry, so mail filtering blocks that domain the same day.
Common misconception
- A feed of indicators is not automatically intelligence. Analysis and a decision make the difference.