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1. Threat Intelligence: Making your
Bespoke Security Operations
Centre Work for You

2. Previously, we’ve spoken about the following subjects that are related to
your Bespoke Security Operations Centre for your business:
·What elements need to be used in the design process?
·What your requirements will be as you build your SOC.
How your SOC will identify potential threats to your business and your
customers.

3. Why choose Maximum Networks
as your Managed Outsourced IT
Support Partner?
We have a wide range of IT desktop solutions and print services for any
business across the UK.
Not only do we offer high-quality services across IT Services we offer
business broadband solutions, telecommunications and much, much
more.

4. The Role of Threat Intelligence
within Your Bespoke Security
Operations Centre
Threat intelligence refers to knowledge of an attacker’s activities. This
can range from a simple narrative around a threat actor’s motivations all
the way up to in-depth technical descriptions of an attacker’s tactics,
techniques and procedures.

5. So, let’s ask the question: What is
Threat Intelligence?

6. Answer: Threat intelligence is data that is collected, processed, and
analysed to understand a threat actor’s motives, targets, and attack
behaviours. Threat intelligence enables us to make faster, more informed,
data-backed security decisions and change their behaviour from reactive
to proactive in the fight against threat actors.
If you already have a Managed Outsourced IT Support Partner working
within your business, then Threat Intelligence will typically be conducted
by them.
The benefit to this is your managed it services birmingham Partner is
already familiar with your technology, processes, and sector of business.

7. This means that they can employ an effective Threat Intelligence strategy
that will help defend your business and your client base from cyber-
attacks.
Put simply: Threat Intelligence is a key part of attempting to stay ahead,
or at least, stay on par with attackers, whilst allowing you to improve your
bespoke SOC and its protection levels.
The Threat Intelligence Platform
One of the tools in the armoury of your Managed Outsourced IT Support
Partner as they make sure that your SOC is providing the best protection
that it can offer, is using a Threat Intelligence Platform.

8. So, let’s ask the question: What is a Threat
Intelligence Platform?
Answer: A threat intelligence platform automates the collection,
aggregation, and reconciliation of external threat data, providing security
teams with the most recent threat insights to reduce threat risks relevant
to their organisation.
A Threat Intelligence Platform is a place for your SOC to store, correlate
and manage Threat Intelligence sources and potential sources.
They are configured to analyse Threat Intelligence feeds from Threat
Intelligence providers and are linked to your SIEM tool to enable
automated detection of Indicators of Compromise.

9. There are a multitude of Threat Intelligence Platforms available on the
market, so it’s important that your Managed Outsourced IT Support
Partner finds a tool that works for you.
Already knowledgeable in the business sector you operate in and with
your infrastructure, including hardware, firmware and software, they are
in the ideal position to put the right tools to work.
Once you have a Threat Intelligence Platform in place, you’ll need to have
Threat Intelligence Feeds in place that provide your SOC with the most
value to identify the threats out there.
Open-source feeds provide your organisation with a range of intelligence
as well as commercial feeds that provide a slightly more bespoke service.

10. The key parts of implementing a
Threat Intelligence Platform are:

11. Make sure that you don’t drown in low confidence, out-of-date Indicators of
Compromise – Remember, it is very easy for attackers to change an IP
address. Be wary that some threat feeds may not include “best before” dates
and over time this could lead to the SOC inadvertently flagging legitimate
addresses as malicious.
·Don’t underestimate the value of triaging intelligence (whitepapers, reports,
news articles) – ensuring that analysts have time to read and digest
intelligence reports that will lead to better understanding.
·Score intelligence according to value – If it constantly produces false
positives, then perhaps review the sources you’re using.
Make sure that your Threat Intelligence sources are providing value. It is a
very competitive market, so there’s no need to put all your eggs in one basket.

12. So, let’s ask the question: What
are Indicators of Compromise?

13. Answer: An Indicator of Compromise (IOC) is a piece of digital forensics
that suggests that an endpoint or network may have been breached.
Just as with physical evidence, these digital clues help information
security professionals identify malicious activity or security threats, such
as data breaches, insider threats or malware attacks.
Unfortunately, Indicators of Compromise monitoring are reactive in
nature, which means that if an organisation finds an indicator, it is almost
certain that they have already been compromised.
That said, if the event is in progress, the quick detection of an Indicator of
Compromise could help contain attacks earlier in the attack lifecycle,
thus limiting their impact on the business.

14. Examples of Indicators of Compromise
• What are the warning signs that the security team is looking for when
investigating cyber threats and attacks? Some indicators of compromise
include:
• Unusual inbound and outbound network traffic
• Geographic irregularities, such as traffic from countries or locations where
the organization does not have a presence.
• Unknown applications within the system
• Unusual activity from administrator or privileged accounts, including
requests for additional permissions.

15. • An uptick in incorrect logins or access requests that may indicate brute
force attacks.
• Anomalous activity, such as an increase in database read volume.
• Large numbers of requests for the same file
• Suspicious registry or system file changes
• Unusual Domain Name Servers (DNS) requests and registry configurations
• Unauthorized settings changes, including mobile device profiles.
• Large amounts of compressed files or data bundles in incorrect or
unexplained locations

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