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Operationalizing Threat Intelligence

By : Kyle Wilhoit, Joseph Opacki
Book Image

Operationalizing Threat Intelligence

By: Kyle Wilhoit, Joseph Opacki

Overview of this book

We’re living in an era where cyber threat intelligence is becoming more important. Cyber threat intelligence routinely informs tactical and strategic decision-making throughout organizational operations. However, finding the right resources on the fundamentals of operationalizing a threat intelligence function can be challenging, and that’s where this book helps. In Operationalizing Threat Intelligence, you’ll explore cyber threat intelligence in five fundamental areas: defining threat intelligence, developing threat intelligence, collecting threat intelligence, enrichment and analysis, and finally production of threat intelligence. You’ll start by finding out what threat intelligence is and where it can be applied. Next, you’ll discover techniques for performing cyber threat intelligence collection and analysis using open source tools. The book also examines commonly used frameworks and policies as well as fundamental operational security concepts. Later, you’ll focus on enriching and analyzing threat intelligence through pivoting and threat hunting. Finally, you’ll examine detailed mechanisms for the production of intelligence. By the end of this book, you’ll be equipped with the right tools and understand what it takes to operationalize your own threat intelligence function, from collection to production.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
1
Section 1: What Is Threat Intelligence?
6
Section 2: How to Collect Threat Intelligence
12
Section 3: What to Do with Threat Intelligence

Types of OPSEC

During your collection operations to fulfill your intelligence requirements, several types of OPSEC should be considered. This will help ensure that the appropriate measures are taken to ensure your collection operation doesn't fail and, more importantly, you haven't inadvertently put yourself at risk. These types of OPSEC include protection mechanisms to assist in hiding information about you, your collection operation, or even the data you are seeking to collect so that you're not identified by threat actors. These types of OPSEC include the following:

  • Information about your identity
  • Information about the identity of your online personas
  • The infrastructure you utilize to perform your operations
  • The equipment you utilize during the operation
  • Protecting the data you have collected both in transit and at rest
  • Source protection

Putting OPSEC countermeasures in place for all of these is crucial for any security and risk...