In 2019, cyber threats promise to continue growing more persistent, more complex, and more threatening. As such, getting effective cyber threat intelligence to the people who need it in the government is essential for supporting this security strategy. We’ll briefly survey the relevant parts of the National Intelligence Strategy here and see how cyber threat intelligence supports its objectives.
Following these principles will lead to a more “fully integrated, agile, resilient, and innovative” American intelligence community, the report notes.
These guiding principles align well with the strengths of threat intelligence — distinctive, timely, and actionable insights that come from unparalleled access to information is the name of the game for real-time, automated threat intelligence. It’s exactly the kind of information that, for example, gives an understanding of the tactics, techniques, procedures, and motivations of threat actors and helps maintain awareness and increase incident response time, even as the threat landscape grows exponentially.
The report outlines three key ways the American intelligence community must strengthen intelligence capacities and meet the new challenges of the digital age, which are listed in the left column in the table below. The right column lists how cyber threat intelligence from Recorded Future can specifically address each of those needs.
Increase our awareness and understanding of adversaries’ use of cyber operations — including leadership plans, intentions, capabilities, and operations — to inform decisions and enable action.
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