For many organizations, the issue isn’t a lack of cyber threat intelligence. Instead, internal security teams grapple with an excess of threat intelligence data, including alerts, indicators, and dashboards, yet their brand protection still falls short.

Why is that? Because merely having threat intelligence data doesn’t automatically enhance your security posture. Without the proper context, analysis, and processes, threat intelligence data remains just that, and not threat intelligence.

Of the three forms of threat intelligence (strategic, operational, and tactical), tactical threat intelligence is the most directly actionable. Tactical threat intelligence also enables defenders to engage in threat hunting or root cause analysis activities when examining historical (attempted) intrusions. This is useful in detecting breaches that may have occurred, understanding the cause of a previous breach, and understanding whether a particular adversary or TTP is being attempted against your organization.