What on earth can Kentucky Fried Chicken and good cyber threat intelligence (CTI) have in common? Do they both have a secret recipe? Are they both finger-licking good?
No. It is a lot simpler than that. Both KFC and good intelligence have three things in common.
- They have both relevant
- They are both timely
- They are both actionable
These are the key pillars to having a finger-licking good time at KFC and are the backbone of what makes threat intelligence good.
My years of sifting through threat intelligence have taught me that whenever you assess the intelligence your CTI team is ingesting, you should always measure it against these three metrics. If the intelligence fails in any of these three. It’s time to improve its quality and, with it, the overall effectiveness of your CTI program.
Let’s dig in and see how these three metrics can help you assess what good threat intelligence is.
Good Threat Intelligence is Relevant
Cyber threat intelligence needs to be relevant to the organization you are protecting.
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