What is Threat Intelligence?

Threat intelligence, also called Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) is information about existing or emerging cyber threats and digital threat actors – processed or analyzed by cybersecurity experts and integrated into security systems – that helps organizations understand, identify, prevent, and respond to risks across their digital attack surface.

Who benefits from threat intelligence?

Any business, non-profit organization, government agency, or individual concerned about staying ahead of possible threats – cyber or physical – can benefit from incorporating cyber intelligence best practices and threat intelligence solutions. Threat intelligence provides valuable information and insights into the tactics, techniques, and procedures used by threat actors, as well as the vulnerabilities and weaknesses they target.

What is the best threat intelligence platform?

When evaluating a threat intelligence platform, users should consider factors like the quality, relevance, and accuracy of threat data; breadth of data source collection; analyst coverage; the platform’s ability to integrate with your existing security tools and workflows; ease of use and customization abilities; the level of customer support and training; and finally, the cost and pricing structure.

What is the threat intelligence lifecycle?

The process of generating and distributing high-quality, actionable threat intelligence is known as the threat intelligence cycle and can be described in six phases: Planning and Direction – identifying and prioritizing assets and business processes that must be protected, and recognizing where new threat intelligence can fill gaps in organizational knowledge. Data Collection – gathering relevant threat data from a variety of sources across the public and private attack surface, including network event logs, external threat intelligence feeds, the deep and dark web, and more. Data Processing – cleaning, transforming, and processing data collected. AI-based platforms like ZeroFox help analysts normalize, structure, and deduplicate threat data, so it can be analyzed to produce useful insights. Data Analysis – a combination of human and AI machine-learning analysis used to transform threat data into actionable intelligence. At ZeroFox, we analyze threat data using automated ML and AI-driven processes to deliver accurate, relevant threat intelligence to our customers. Data Production – validating, sorting, and arranging data into contextually relevant visualizations and dashboards that make it easier for cybersecurity experts to identify what’s important, draw meaningful conclusions, and implement the right procedures for mitigating threats. Distribution and Feedback – compiling and delivering finished threat intelligence reports to the appropriate stakeholders, which often include CSOs, SecOps, and incident response teams. CTI analysts collect feedback on these reports to continuously improve their threat intelligence activities.

What are threat intelligence use cases?

Threat intelligence use cases can include: Incident response – analyzing threat intelligence can help incident response teams identify the source of a cyber attack, attacker methods of operations, and potential impacts to their organization’s systems. Vulnerability management- vulnerability analysts can leverage threat intelligence to identify vulnerabilities in their organization’s systems and prioritize which vulnerabilities to address first. Risk management- by understanding the complete picture of the threat landscape intelligence provides, risk management users can more effectively assess the level of risk their organization faces and appropriately allocate resources to reduce the risk of a cyber attack. Proactive threat hunting: threat intelligence can be used to proactively search for potential cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities by identifying attack patterns and anomalies so users can mitigate threats before they become active. Physical security – physical security and corporate security officers can leverage threat intelligence to protect their organization’s employees, facilities, and key partners by staying informed of public safety events, civil unrest, acts of violence, and other risks to their physical locations.

Why is ZeroFox the best threat intelligence solution?

The ZeroFox Platform is powered by a unique combination of machine-based data collection, partner telemetry, open-source intelligence (OSINT) sources and an expert team of human intelligence (HUMINT) analysts. Collected and stored in our threat data lake, we analyze the data with automated machine learning and AI-driven algorithms, combined with experienced human analysts to sort, validate and triage into actionable alerts. With ZeroFox, you can get inside the minds of attackers to stop cybersecurity threats with a single platform that plugs right into your existing security tools. Timely, accurate intelligence about security risks, powered by industry-leading analysts, is tailored to your security needs. You’ll have a complete view of your threat landscape across social media and the surface, deep, and dark web with everything from finished intelligence reports and searchable, on-demand access to threat data and integrated intelligence feeds.

What threat intelligence platform should you consider?

Leveraging the world’s only historically complete threat data lake with attacker campaigns and infrastructure history, ZeroFox produces threat intelligence solutions tailored to your security requirements. Combining AI processing, deep learning tools, and dark ops agents, ZeroFox combs through massive datasets across the surface, deep and dark web to deliver relevant and timely intelligence. Whether you need finished intelligence reports, searchable, on-demand access to threat data, or integrated intelligence feeds – ZeroFox has you covered.

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Outsmart Attackers with the industry’s best threat intelligence solution

Identify and monitor relevant threats to your organization with rapid, actionable, and best-in-class intelligence – so you can proactively stay a step ahead of attackers.

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Full spectrum threat intelligence

Visibility to see beyond your perimeter.

Unleash the full potential of threat intelligence

Stop cyber threats and get inside the minds of attackers with ZeroFox threat intelligence services. You’ll have a complete view of your threat landscape across the surface, deep and dark web with everything from searchable finished intelligence reports to on-demand access to threat data and integrated intelligence feeds.

Dark web intelligence

Access deep and dark web data that helps you identify exposed or stolen credentials, PII, IP, and attack chatter directed at your organization
Brand intelligence

Identify suspicious activity beyond your perimeter that puts your brand at risk such as fraudulent domains, social media impersonations, posts with abusive language and phishing, including those that have previously been submitted to domain registrars, web hosts and social networks for takedown
Fraud intelligence

Find data sets of compromised credentials from botnet breach packages, fraudulent websites, tools and social engineering methods aimed at undermining your business and clients
Internet infrastructure intelligence

Distinguish between legitimate and suspicious providers for domains and hosting/VPS infrastructure. Find current infrastructure exploits and TTPs, suspicious hosts, botnet-infected IP addresses, and domains used in attacks
Malware & ransomware intelligence

Quickly track down malware, adversaries, and TTPs being used to gain access, escalate, exfiltrate, and ransom your organization
Vulnerability intelligence

Track the latest vulnerabilities and exploit scripts, enriched with our in-depth analysis on critical CVEs including timeline of events, social media and underground forum chatter, reproduction, remediation, and mitigation recommendations
Physical threat intelligence

Monitor events or policies affecting specific geographic areas of operation or specific executives. Track TTPs affecting cybersecurity and physical posture
Third party intelligence

Scope potential risk of vendors and partner companies in your supply chain across the threat intelligence spectrum
Geopolitical intelligence

Gain contextual insight into new developments in domestic, foreign, and global environmental affairs that have the potential to impact your organization’s personnel or assets around the world
Strategic intelligence

Receive curated intelligence on cyber, physical, and geopolitical factors relevant to your business to inform long-term investments and decision-making

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Broad & deep proprietary threat data at your fingertips

Threat intelligence services that plug right into your security tools.

ZeroFox provides your security team with comprehensive, accurate, and timely intelligence bundles through our API to work within your existing SIEM, SOAR, TIP, or IAM security tools. Get real-time access to identity & fraud, deep & dark web, and network & vulnerabilities feeds

ZeroFox for Splunk enables organizations to visualize and analyze threats directly from the purpose-built Splunk App.

Integrates 300+ security solutions in order to act as a centralized hub for your entire infrastructure

Identify threats outside the firewall on the platforms where you do business everyday: such as social media and digital platforms.

The ZeroFox Active Directory Integration allows automated remediation actions to be taken on Active Directory users with known found instances.

Helps security teams accurately detect and prioritize threats across the enterprise, to respond quickly to reduce the impact of incidents.

Organizations use Swimlane SOAR to consume alerts generated by ZeroFox, initiate takedown processes, track requests, extract IOCs and pass them to their TIP or other security platforms.

With the ZeroFox Threat Feed integration, ThreatQ users can ingest, correlate and take action on attacks made against their organizations via social media.

The ZeroFox Okta Integration allows automated remediation actions to be taken on Okta users with known found instances of credential compromise.

Datadog provides cloud scale application monitoring and log management for cloud applications.

Provides orchestration of social media, digital platform threat detection, and investigations to provide alert and IoC integration via ZeroFox Threat Feed API.

Integrates social intelligence and fuses automation, orchestration, and response to enable organizations of any size to be more predictive, proactive, and efficient.

The ZeroFox Norton Lifelock Integration allows automated remediation actions to be taken on Norton Lifelock users with known found instances of credential compromise.