Automated Threat Intelligence

In today’s fast-moving world of cyber threats, security teams need to be agile, dynamic, and always ready for a bad actor’s next move. Threat intelligence can help by allowing analysts to see what’s coming and get ahead of the game. However, manually scanning for threat intelligence is time consuming and tedious. Automated threat intelligence efficiently serves up the information your analysts need.

How Flare Automates Threat Intelligence

How does Flare provide your team with automated threat intelligence?

No one can monitor threats 24/7. Flare collects information from the clear & dark web, as well as from threat actor communities used by cyber criminals. Flare also pulls from a massive amount of data, automatically monitoring 16 billion leaked credentials, and maintaining a database of 2.4 million threat actors. This collection of threat intelligence allows Flare to quickly surface threat information about risks to your organization. 

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How does Flare help your team sift through threat intelligence? 

Even if you are already using an automated threat intelligence platform, it can be noisy. Getting security alerts all day  — many of which aren’t relevant to your organization — can burn out your team. Flare’s platform automates the process of scanning for threat intelligence data  by continuously monitoring the clear & dark web — as well as prominent threat actor communities — for information that targets your organization. If the platform detects your organization, employees’ names, domains, IP, or any other key information in a place where it should not be, Flare immediately alerts your team so they can proactively prevent an attack. 

What do you get with Flare’s automated threat intelligence solution? 

• Automated monitoring of the dark and clear web: Flare gives your organization 24/7 coverage, constantly monitoring the dark and clear web to seek out threats. 
• Data collection: Flare uses billions of data points to provide your team with information about your organization’s security stance, relevant threats, and the movement of threat actors between platforms. 
• Transparent sourcing: Flare lists every source so you know exactly where your threat intelligence is coming from. 
• A proactive security stance: By actively seeking out potential threats, you can catch breaches early and take steps to protect your data, systems, and networks.

Automated Threat Intelligence: An Overview

What is automated threat intelligence? 

Automated threat intelligence uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to collect, analyze, and disseminate threat data without requiring your analysts to manually troll the web. An automated threat intelligence platform (like Flare) continuously processes large volumes of data from many sources to identify patterns, detect potential threats, and generate actionable insights in real-time. By using automation, you are able to enhance the efficiency of your threat intelligence operations.

Where does automated threat intelligence programs come from? 

Threat intelligence solutions automatically gather information from a range of sources, including: 

• Open Source Intelligence (OSINT): OSINT is data that is publicly available. It comes from public sources like the media, social media, forums and any other content that is publicly accessible. 
• Closed source intelligence: Closed source intelligence comes from proprietary or restricted information sources, such as commercial threat intelligence feeds, private forums, underground marketplaces and dark web sources. 
• Internal security data: Your own organization can also provide valuable security data in network logs, security event logs, endpoint telemetry, firewall logs, intrusion detection system (IDS) alerts and any other internal sources.
• Incident response data: Information about past security incidents, including the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) employed by threat actors provides important lessons learned, enabling organizations to understand attack patterns and refine their defenses. 
• Information sharing communities: Industry-specific information sharing communities and collaboration with peers can provide valuable threat intelligence. Sharing insights, best practices, and threat intelligence within these communities allows organizations to gain access to a broader range of threat data and collective knowledge. 

What are the types of automated threat intelligence?

There are four types of threat intelligence: 

• Strategic threat intelligence: Summarizes data about potential threats, trends, and their business impact.
• Tactical threat intelligence: Information about the tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) being used by threat actors.
• Technical threat intelligence: Alerts an organization when an attack is underway and helps block the attack.
• Operational threat intelligence: Data used to anticipate future attacks.

Why is automated threat intelligence important in today’s digital landscape? 

Why do you need automated threat intelligence right now? 

Cyber threats are rapidly evolving, and your team can’t be expected to keep up with every change on their own. Additionally, expanding attack surfaces and the proliferation of shadow IT mean that there may be several attack vectors your team doesn’t know about. Automated  threat intelligence platforms are constantly scanning, picking up new risks, the move of a threat actor from one platform to another, and any data that may have been leaked. Automated threat intelligence data gives your team an opportunity to preemptively identify and counteract threats, rather than scanning for threats themselves. 

What is the cost of a data breach? 

The average cost of a data breach is  $4.88 million, the highest ever. The increase in the average breach costs was due to lost business, interruptions in business continuity as well as post breach responses.

How can automated threat intelligence prevent data breaches? 

Automation was recently found to be one of the best defenses against data breaches. A recent report found that organizations that use automation to support cyber security were able to reduce the cost of data breaches, saving an average of $2.22 million. 

Automated Threat Intelligence and Flare

The Flare Threat Exposure Management (TEM) solution empowers organizations to proactively detect, prioritize, and mitigate the types of exposures commonly exploited by threat actors. Our platform automatically scans the clear & dark web and prominent threat actor communities 24/7 to discover unknown events, prioritize risks, and deliver actionable intelligence you can use instantly to improve security.

Flare integrates into your security program in 30 minutes and often replaces several SaaS and open source tools. Learn more by signing up for our free trial.