Tackling the Challenge of Actionable Intelligence Through Context

Threat intelligence is increasingly important as digital transformation and hybrid work models expand the attack surface, and geopolitical events raise the stakes for defenders. Surveys show that organizations are satisfied with the quality of their threat intelligence, but struggle to make it actionable. Automation, contextualization, and prioritization can help organizations make threat intelligence actionable and use it to achieve the best outcomes for their organization. Making threat intelligence actionable requires understanding the number of assets that are vulnerable, their criticality to the organization, if the vulnerability is being actively exploited, if threat actors are targeting the organization’s specific industry or region, and if indicators of compromise have been seen in the environment.

In conclusion, organizations need to take steps to make threat intelligence actionable to protect their data and infrastructure. Automation, contextualization, and prioritization are key components of this process, as they enable organizations to take the right actions at the right time and optimize vulnerability management workflows.

Key Points:
• Threat intelligence is important for organizations to protect critical infrastructure and sensitive data.
• Surveys show that organizations are satisfied with the quality of their threat intelligence, but struggle to make it actionable.
• Automation, contextualization, and prioritization can help organizations make threat intelligence actionable.
• Making threat intelligence actionable requires understanding the number of assets that are vulnerable and their criticality, if the vulnerability is being actively exploited, if threat actors are targeting the organization, and if indicators of compromise have been seen in the environment.
• Automation, contextualization, and prioritization enable organizations to take the right actions at the right time and optimize vulnerability management workflows.