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Threat intelligence

Threat intelligence

From the course: CISSP Cert Prep (2021): 1 Security and Risk Management

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Threat intelligence

- [Instructor] Threat intelligence is a critical component of any organization's cybersecurity program, allowing the organization to stay current on emerging cybersecurity threats. Broadly defined, threat intelligence consists of the set of activities that an organization undertakes to educate itself about changes in the cybersecurity threat landscape and integrate information about changing threats into its cybersecurity operations. There is a ton of information available online about cybersecurity threats. In fact, you could probably make a full-time job out of reading about cybersecurity. Most of us don't have time to read all day, but every security professional should take the time to remain current on our field. Gathering information from freely available public sources is known as open-source intelligence. Some of the more common sources of open-source intelligence include security websites, vulnerability databases,…

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