Strategic Threat Intelligence
Intelligence Sharing
Companies can come together to form ISAC’s. These are groups to share intelligence.
These are often companies which do the same type of jobs like manufacturing.
IOC/TTP Gathering and Distribution
The security analyst has the job of gathering and distributing IOC’s to different people. This is since they will be doing a similar job anyway so it makes sense.
OSINT vs Paid-for Sources
OSINT
There is a lot of free information that can be collected. However there is a greater chance that this information could be fake. This means alot of this information will need to be confirmed.
TweetIOC
Spamhaus
URLhaus
AlienVault Open Threat Exchange
Virus Share
List of Free Threat Feeds
Anomali Weekly Threat Briefing
US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency – Automated Indicator Sharing
SANS Internet Storm Center
Talos Intelligence – Free Version
Paid-source
Paid sources are very expensive and not viable to small or medium organisations, however these generally have better, more reliable information.
FireEye
Recorded Future
CrowdStrike
Flashpoint
Intel471
Traffic Light Protocol (TLP)
This is a system to work out which information can be shared with other organisations.
This entire protocol relies on trust so it is incredibly important to not breach the intended level of distribution.
White
This information is publicly shared. However, copyright results still apply.
Green
This information is shared within communities like information sharing and analysis centres (ISACs). This should not be shared outside of intended communities
Amber
This information can only be shared internally within the organisation, on a need to know basis.
Red
This information is extremely sensitive and could have severe consequences. Information cannot be shared with anyone who is not personally named. It cannot be shared under any circumstance without the author's permission.
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