CYBER THREAT INTELLIGENCE

BY: ARIS NICHOLAS

EMAIL: ANICHOLAS@SANDIEGO.EDU
UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO-MASTERS CSOL
DATE: JANUARY 17, 2022
CONTENT: THREAT INTELLIGENCE

• What is Threat Intelligence?

• CTI Lifecycle and Process Feedback Loop
• Four Types of Threat Intelligence
• Threat Intelligence Tools
• OSINT
• What do Threat Intelligent Tools do?
CYBER THREAT
INTELLIGENCE (CTI)
PROCESS FEEDBACK LOOP

 Planning & Direction

 Collection
 Processing
 Analysis
 Dissemination
 Feedback

Image by Staff Writer. Zvelo. (2021)

THREAT INTELLIGENCE
CYCLE-PART 2
 Prepare
 Threat Modeling Understanding

 Protect
 Collection & Processing
 Enrichment & Analysis

 Detect
 Collaboration and Sharing-
Intelligence
 Respond & Recover
 Enrichment & Analysis-Update Image by: Webopedia. Threat Intelligence (2019, March)
response
 Threat Intelligence Integration
FOUR TYPES OF CYBER THREAT INTELLIGENCE

 Strategic Intelligence  Strategic Intelligence& Direction

 Tactical Intelligence  Tactical Intelligence
 Operational Intelligence  Technical Intelligence

 Technical Intelligence  Operational Intelligence

Image by Infosavvy, Panhalkar, Tushar. 2021

OPEN-SOURCE INTELLIGENCE (OSINT)

 OSINT Definition
 How Is OSINT Used?
 OSINT Techniques
 OSINT Framework
 OSINT Tools
 THREAT INTELLIGENCE
TOOLS

 Log Monitoring
 Reporting For
Compliance
 Analysis of Security
Events
 Auto Responses to Image by DNS Stuff. 2021, September
Incidents
REFERENCE

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Stroud, Forrest (2019, March). Webopedia. Threat Intelligence
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The Recorded Future Team (2019, February). RecordedFuture.com What Is Open-Source Intelligence and How Is it Used?
https://www.recordedfuture.com/open-source-intelligence-definition/

SentinelOne. (2021). SentinelOne. Glossary. What is Open-Source Intelligence?

https://www.sentinelone.com/cybersecurity-101/open-source-intelligence-osint/

Panhalkar, Tushar (2021). InfoSavvy. Types of Threat Intelligence

https://info-savvy.com/types-of-threat-intelligence/

Staff Writer. (2020, September). DNS STUFF. What Is Threat Intelligence? Definition and Types
https://www.dnsstuff.com/what-is-threat-intelligence

Staff Writer. Zvelo. (2021). Website. Zvelo.com; Cyber Threat Intelligence: Planning and Direction
https://zvelo.com/cti-cyber-threat-intelligence/