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Threat Intelligence

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he integration of Threat Intelligence techniques not the answer, nor is vigilantism, since these “self-help”
into a broader cybersecurity strategy is a natural remedies only serve to undermine the values of civiliza-
development in the escalating battle between tion.
Tcyber criminals and the defending team. In
today’s environment, it does seem strange that there still Many effective methods have been developed to mini-
appears to be resistance to the cost or even the ethics of mize the adverse effects of cyber exploits, such as redun-
applying intelligence methods to counter threats to the dant systems, enhanced security protocols, and remedia-
information systems on which so much depends. tion plans.

There was a time when conducting intelligence activi- However, there is no defense more important or effective
ties, or “spying,” was considered unacceptable. The ad- than stopping an attack before it can occur. That is what
monition “Gentlemen do not read each other’s mail,” was Threat Intelligence is all about. And the magnitude of
the rule of the civilized world. But we no longer have the intelligence effort must equal or exceed the threat in
the luxury of ignoring available information on the cyber order to protect against harm.
threats to our critical infrastructure, business operations,
and even humanitarian aid. How big is the threat? Of course, it is difficult to quantify;
but three things seem clear:
It’s clear that violence against the cyber perpetrators is

Cyber threats are of a major magnitude and growing.

How big is The means of measuring cyber threats are often only apparent
in retrospect, or by measuring proxy developments that reflect
the threat? the underlying threat itself.

There are situations in which the identification of a threat
cannot be communicated to the public, since it could have

the two undesirable effects of causing panic and alerting
the cyber criminals that they have been discovered.

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