Improving Threat Intelligence Sharing

Many factors play a part in creating a robust security strategy; for example, threat intelligence collaboration and information sharing is critical. However, recent research indicates that despite the vast majority of businesses acknowledging the importance of these challenges, most still struggle to share threat intelligence insights across teams and security platforms.

A staggering 91% of respondents stated that collaboration and information sharing are either very important or absolutely crucial to cybersecurity. At the same time, 70% think their company could improve intelligence sharing.

The research takes a deeper dive into the core issues and finds that, when asked to pick out the weakest element in their cybersecurity strategy for information sharing, 51% identify people as the principle barrier to progress, followed by processes (21%) and technologies (11%). That said, 49% of people stated that their organisations find it difficult to share and produce actionable insights across multiple security platforms, such as threat intelligence, SIEM, vulnerability management and asset management.

Managing The Disconnect

What next, then, for the notable majority of companies who must improve their threat collaboration but find it difficult to do so? There are a range of reasons that cause this disconnect, varying from one organisation to the next, however, generally speaking, it is widely understood that silos – whether that be by team, data or technology – restrict effective communication and collaboration. This applies equally to cyber threat intelligence where silos severely impact the ability to identify and respond to imminent attacks.

Examining the data more closely, it reveals that the teams least likely to share threat intelligence with other departments are DevOps (31%), followed by SecOps (17%), Threat Intelligence (16%) and ITOps (15%). A mere 23% of teams share threat intelligence day to day, 21% do so in real-time, 17% weekly and 14% monthly.

When we combine this lack of collaboration with other existing obstacles, whether they be culture or process-driven, the clear lack of awareness is putting many teams at a disadvantage from the off. That means fostering a better understanding of the role of effective intelligence and information sharing is the starting point for creating a more collaborative environment within specific entities and more broadly across the threat intelligence spectrum.

By collecting, analysing and spreading actionable intelligence, along with methods to mitigate threat impacts, organisations can become ‘stronger together’ and improve resilience together. Putting this into practice requires organisations to commit to coordinating their cybersecurity strategies to identify, mitigate and recover from threats and breaches.

This should begin with a process that defines the stakeholders who will participate in the collective defence initiative.

These can include anything from private companies and government agencies to non-profits and Information Sharing and Analysis Centres (ISACs), among others. For example, ISACs look to enhance predictive cyber defence and share mitigation intelligence on sector-specific threats, while securing member infrastructure and assets. The most efficient ISACs bolster overall security collaboration and drive improved outcomes by automating manual processes.

The Advent Of AI & Automation

AI has evolved dramatically in recent years and already plays a significant role in threat intelligence collaboration. Most importantly AI enables the automated identification, processing and dissemination of huge amounts of threat and remediation data.

AI technology is also being incorporated into detection and response solutions, where predictive security tools are providing security professionals with the revolutionary proactive capabilities they require to meet the sheer volume and complexity of cyberthreats, including real-time threat and behavioural analysis. What’s important to remember is that AI acts as both a dynamic catalyst for improving the quality and timeliness of threat intelligence information, and as a tool for turbocharging communication and collaboration. Given only a fifth of organisations presently share threat intelligence in real-time, AI has the potential to speed changes for the majority.

Currently, the disconnect between teams as well as the siloed use of security tools presents a significant risk to the successful delivery of threat intelligence.

Instead, what’s needed is a proactive, unitary approach where historically siloed functions become scalable and integrated, blending high-fidelity threat intelligence with operations for fast reactions. For example, deploying a Virtual Cyber Fusion Centre (vCFC) eliminates security silos by drawing discrete security functions together to proactively protect companies from threats. The vCFC provides integrated intelligence, response, orchestration and situational awareness resources, regardless of where teams are situated. That means they can effortlessly share and collaborate while removing the duplication of tools and data gathering.

Equipped with these resources, security teams can become more proactive in terms of threat identification, response and mitigation, containing incidents more quickly and enabling the collaboration and information sharing they need to thrive in a fast-moving world.

Dan Bridges is Technical Director at Cyware

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