Why do we need threat intelligence platforms and how to select them?

Why do we need threat intelligence platforms and how to select them?

The benefits of integrating threat intelligence feeds with existing information security processes and systems are clear. They provide a constantly updated list of active Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) - most often malicious IP addresses, URLs or hashes of malicious objects - along with additional context that can be used to improve detection and response to various threats.

If a company monitors only events inside its network, and doesn’t use external data on IoCs - which, for example, are active in the region or industry where the company operates - then this company is at a higher risk of missing or not responding to a malicious activity occurring on the network. This could be, for example, simply because it has no information that a specific IP address which a host on the network has established a connection with is malicious.