Secure Software Systems

Threat Intelligence

Threat intelligence is the process and the product of identifying, analyzing, and tracking threats. Threat intelligence can be assembled from a variety of sources. Some of these are more general resources, which provide intelligence about common threats, recent incidents, and relevant news. Other resources are going to be more specific about threats in an industry, against a specific application, or regionally seen threats. Threat intelligence sources can be “open source,” where the intelligence is available to everyone without charge. Other sources are commercial.

Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) makes use of openly available resources to preform threat analysis. While anyone can perform OSINT, some individuals and groups ...