Threat Intelligence Enrichment
Threat intelligence enrichment, in cybersecurity, refers to the process of enhancing raw threat data with additional context, insights, and analysis to make it more actionable and valuable for security professionals. It's like taking a basic map and adding layers of information like terrain, points of interest, and real-time traffic updates to make it more useful for navigation.
Threat intelligence enrichment involves:
Correlating data from multiple sources: Combining threat data from various sources, such as security tools, open-source intelligence (OSINT), and commercial threat feeds, creates a more comprehensive view of the threat landscape.
Adding context and analysis: Providing additional context to threat data, such as attacker motivations, tactics, techniques, procedures (TTPs), and potential impact, to help security teams understand the threat and prioritize response efforts.
Integrating with security tools: Integrating enriched threat intelligence with security tools, such as security information and event management (SIEM) systems, intrusion detection systems (IDS), and firewalls, to automate threat detection and response.
By enriching threat intelligence, security teams can:
Improve threat detection and prevention: Identify and respond to threats more quickly and effectively.
Reduce false positives: Focus on real threats and avoid wasting time on benign events.
Make more informed security decisions: Develop proactive security strategies and allocate resources effectively.
ThreatNG, as a comprehensive external attack surface management, digital risk protection, and security ratings solution, offers extensive capabilities to support threat intelligence enrichment, primarily through its external discovery, assessment, and intelligence repositories.
External Discovery and Assessment: ThreatNG excels at unauthenticated external discovery, meaning it can identify and gather information about internet-facing assets without needing credentials or access to internal systems. This is valuable for discovering unknown or overlooked assets contributing to the attack surface. ThreatNG's external assessment capabilities then analyze these discovered assets to identify potential vulnerabilities and security risks.
Here are some examples of how ThreatNG aids in threat intelligence enrichment through external discovery and assessment:
Domain Intelligence: ThreatNG's Domain Intelligence module analyzes domain names, IP addresses, and associated entities to identify potential vulnerabilities and security risks. For example, it can locate subdomains, associated IP addresses, and running services, providing a comprehensive view of the organization's internet-facing assets. It can also detect misconfigured DNS records, expired domains, or exposed sensitive information like email addresses and phone numbers.
Sensitive Code Exposure: ThreatNG's Sensitive Code Exposure module scans public code repositories for sensitive data, credentials, and security configurations. This helps identify vulnerabilities and security risks associated with exposed code, such as API keys, access tokens, and database credentials.
Cloud and SaaS Exposure: ThreatNG's Cloud and SaaS Exposure module identifies and assesses cloud services and SaaS applications used by the organization, including cloud storage buckets, databases, and web applications. It can detect misconfigured cloud storage, exposed databases, or vulnerable web applications, providing valuable insights into potential attack vectors.
Search Engine Exploitation: ThreatNG's Search Engine Exploitation module leverages search engines to identify exposed sensitive information, vulnerabilities, and publicly accessible assets. This includes identifying exposed credentials, sensitive directories, and vulnerable files that attackers could exploit.
Intelligence Repositories: ThreatNG maintains various intelligence repositories that contribute to threat intelligence enrichment. These repositories contain information on known vulnerabilities, compromised credentials, dark web activities, and other threat-related data. This information enriches the findings from external discovery and assessment, providing additional context and insights for security teams.
Reporting and Continuous Monitoring: ThreatNG incorporates enriched threat intelligence into various reports, providing valuable context for security teams and decision-makers. The platform also continuously monitors the external attack surface for changes, ensuring that new assets or emerging threats are promptly identified and assessed.
Investigation Modules: ThreatNG's investigation modules allow security teams to delve deeper into specific areas of concern, providing a more comprehensive view of the organization's security posture. These modules use enriched threat intelligence to identify potential attack vectors, assess vulnerabilities, and prioritize remediation efforts.
Complementary Solutions: ThreatNG can integrate with complementary solutions like vulnerability scanners, SIEM systems, and threat intelligence platforms, sharing enriched threat intelligence to improve its effectiveness.
Examples of ThreatNG Helping:
A financial institution uses ThreatNG to identify a previously unknown subdomain hosting a vulnerable web application, enabling it to address the vulnerability before it can be exploited.
A healthcare provider uses ThreatNG to detect a misconfigured cloud storage bucket containing sensitive patient data, prompting them to secure it and prevent a potential data breach.
A government agency uses ThreatNG to continuously monitor its external attack surface for new devices and emerging threats, enabling it to defend against attacks proactively.
By combining external discovery and assessment capabilities with rich intelligence repositories and continuous monitoring, ThreatNG empowers organizations to comprehensively understand their attack surface, identify potential vulnerabilities, and proactively mitigate risks.
