Embracing Threat Intelligence and Finding ROI in Your Decision
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Threat intelligence has long existed but is now recognized as a distinct discipline. Tradecraft and technology in threat intelligence are rapidly maturing, along with industry expectations. Choosing how to invest in threat intelligence programs should be driven by business risk, though any organization can be targeted. Providing context increases the value of threat intelligence, and the strongest programs understand the return on investment of sharing intelligence externally.
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Embracing Threat Intelligence and Finding ROI in Your Decision
- 1. EMBRACING THREAT INTELLIGENCE: … AND FINDING ROI IN YOUR DECISION STEVE MANCINI | SENIOR DIRECTOR OF SECURITY CYLANCE PUBLIC
- 2. Introduction New Jersey to Oregon Scarlet Night / Boilermaker Support Desk to Security Architect RAPIER Police Reserve Specialist Capture the Flag to ICASI Founder: Bay Area APT SIG Cylance – but not a sales guy Favorites: • Tempranillo • Barolo • Malbec • Lot No. 1
- 3. Agenda Embracing Threat Intelligence • Clarity • Expectation • Adoption • Recognition Finding ROI in your Decision • Beginning • Scope • Effort • Context • Questions • Skee Ball • Value • Sharing ENJOY YOUR BREAKFAST; I AM NOT HERE TO SELL YOU ANYTHING
- 5. What are we talking about? § Threat Intelligence vs. Threat Data § IOAs à IOCs à TTPs § Colliding Nomenclatures: Numbers/ Zoos/ Elements! § Build vs. Buy: analysis, platforms, integration, sharing § People: Who can benefit from it? What skillsets? § Process: How do you use it? What Orgs/ Depts/ Programs? § Technology: What can you consume, use, create, share? THREAT INTELLIGENCE WHEN YOU GET PAST THE HYPE, TRADECRAFT AND TECHNOLOGY ARE MATURING RAPIDLY
- 6. GROWING COMMUNITY SUPPORT 63% 51% 48% 56% 64% 75% 76% CTI Improves Visibility Into Attacks Faster More Accurate Detection/ Response Reduction in Incidents Use Vendor Feeds to Augment CTI Program Feel CTI is Important to Security Have Dedicated Resources to a CTI Program Actively Gather Threat Intelligence COMPELLING RESULTS DRIVE INDUSTRY EXPECTATIONS Source: https://www.sans.org/reading-room/whitepapers/analyst/cyberthreat-intelligence-how-35767
- 7. § NIST CSF § NIST 800-53 § NIST 800-39 § PCI-DSS 3.0 § Shared Assessment (SIG) § Shared Assessment (AUP) § SOC 2 § BSIMM § C2M2 § NIST 800-150 INDUSTRY STANDARDS CTI WILL BECOME AN EXPECTED CONTROL IN MORE STANDARDS OVER TIME “… if the company had acted faster. ...”
- 8. THREAT INTELLIGENCE HAS ALWAYS BEEN PRESENT JUST NOT RECOGNIZED AS A STAND ALONE DISCIPLINE Example: NIST SP 800-39 Assess Frame RespondMonitor Frame Establishes Context & Strategy Sources & Methods for Acquiring CTI Assess Analysis & Determination of Risk CTI Delivers Relevance for Threats/ Vulns. Respond Evaluation/ Implement Course(s) of Action CTI TTPs can Focus Evaluation/ Efficacy Monitor Verifying Implementation, Measuring Effectiveness CTI Monitors External Factors Affecting Effectiveness
- 9. FINDING ROI IN YOUR DECISION
- 10. • Establish information-sharing goals and objectives that support business processes and security policies. • Identify existing internal sources of cyber threat information. • Specify the scope of information-sharing activities. • Establish information-sharing rules. • Join and participate in information-sharing efforts. • Actively seek to enrich indicators by providing additional context, corrections, or suggested improvements. • Use secure, automated workflows to publish, consume, analyze, and act upon cyber threat information. • Proactively establish cyber threat-sharing agreements. • Protect the security and privacy of sensitive information. • Provide ongoing support for information-sharing activities. STARTING YOUR OWN PROGRAM NIST 800-150
- 11. § Identify your TI Champion/ Owner/ Support § Inventory your Environment: What can you benefit from? What can you potentially share? Your SNC? § Conceptual Architecture: Integrate & Automate § Gain Management (and Legal!) Support § Baseline the Efficacy (Metrics) of Existing Controls. § Select your Sources: OSINT, Vendors, Peers § Onboard Sources § Respond/ Refine/ Resource STARTING YOUR OWN PROGRAM (2) MOST PROGRAMS ARE A PROCESS OF EVOLUTION; MOST OUT OF THE BOX SOLUTIONS ARE TOOL CENTRIC
- 12. § RSA (2011) § Bit 9 (2013) § Sony (2014) § Dark Hotel (2014) § Lightspeed § Kaspersky § Target : Fazio § Oracle § O2 : Xsplit YOU CAN BE A TARGET BECAUSE: • YOU HAVE ACCESS • YOU HAVE INFORMATION • PEOPLE REUSE PASSWORDS SCOPE: YOUR ATTACK SURFACE
- 13. ABSENT INDUSTRY STANDARDS CHOSING HOW TO INVEST IS DRIVEN BY BUSINESS RISK Assess Your Efforts Over Time Return Effort Heroic Ad hoc. Most often this is only Open Source Int. Results: Context is often lost Managed Information is collected & managed Result: Initial skills in tradecraft established Defined Consistent ways of working defined/ maintained Results: Emergence of Defensive TTPs Measured Process becomes a management tool Results: Mature understanding of CTI forming Improved Process is at heart of organization Results: CTI delivers value across orgs.
- 14. CTI Contribution to Risk / Friction Reduction Risk Cost Automated Manual Respond Detect Prevent Semi- Automated Minimize Vulnerability Minimize Impact Source: Managing Risk and Information Security 2nd edition Malcolm Harkins How you Use CTI Strategic Consume / Use Create Strategy Operational MATURING CTI CAN REDUCE FRICTION AND CONSEQUENCE COSTS
- 15. Context Drives Value Strategic Tactical Operational § Training § WarGames § Strategic Decision Making § Risk Assessments § Threat Models § 3rd Party/ Supply Network Chain § Detection § Incident Response § Forensics
- 16. Priority Intelligence Requirements Strategic Tactical Operational Situational Awareness: § Am I affected? § Are my vendors affected? Predictive Threat Assessment: § Am I Next? § Skeeball Heat Map Controls Assessment: § Would I have been affected?
- 17. APPLY CONTEXT TO OPEN SOURCE THREAT INTELLIGENCE INCREASES ITS VALUE THREAT REPORTS & SKEEBALL Analyzing Published Threat Reports: 50: Realized Risk 40: Supply Network Chain 30: Strategic Partners 20: Same Industry 10: Regional/ Socio-Political 0: “Minority Report”
- 18. VALIDATING YOUR INVESTMENT ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? Faster Understanding of Attack/ Risk Faster More Accurate Detection/ Response? Reduction in Incidents More Value from Threat Feeds & Vendors? Management Sentiment Toward CTI CTI Program Contributes to Business Goals? Thought Leadership in your Vertical? MEASURED SUCCESS VALIDATES INVESTMENT DECISION Source: https://www.sans.org/reading-room/whitepapers/analyst/cyberthreat-intelligence-how-35767
- 19. • You are not Alone; Unless You Chose to Be • A Policy of Isolation & Silence Works Against You • Breaking Silence: Google & Aurora • Disrupt, Deny, Degrade, Destroy, or Deceive • Built on Trust, not Documentation or NDA’s • Quid Pro Quo • Valued Partner vs. Lurking Leech ”First they came…” Martin Niemöller Ultimate Stage of Maturity THE STRONGEST MOST EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS UNDERSTAND THE ROI OF SHARING EXTERNAL TO THEIR COMPANY/ ORGANIZATION.
- 20. Summary THREAT INTELLIGENCE HAS ALWAYS BEEN PRESENT; JUST NOT RECOGNIZED AS A STAND ALONE DISCIPLINE TRADECRAFT AND TECHNOLOGY ARE MATURING RAPIDLY; SO IS HYPE CHOSING HOW TO INVEST SHOULD DRIVEN BY BUSINESS RISK; BUT … YOU CAN BE A TARGET BECAUSE YOU HAVE ACCESS & INFORMATION COMPELLING RESULTS DRIVE INDUSTRY EXPECTATIONS FOR ADOPTION CTI WILL BECOME AN EXPECTED CONTROL IN MORE STANDARDS OVER TIME CONTEXT INCREASES THREAT INTELLIGENCE VALUE THE STRONGEST MOST EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS UNDERSTAND THE ROI OF SHARING EXTERNAL TO THEIR COMPANY/ ORGANIZATION.