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Cyber Threat Intelligence – What Does It Even Mean?

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In the simplest possible terms, cyber threat intelligence (CTI) is the process of taking disparate pieces of information about a cyber attack and identifying the context in which it happened and what that means. It is the same process a traditional intelligence analyst working for the military or law enforcement would apply to an investigation; it just sits within the realms of cybersecurity.

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    https://www.activeresponse.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/diamond.pdf

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    https://attack.mitre.org

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Roberts, A. (2021). Cyber Threat Intelligence – What Does It Even Mean?. In: Cyber Threat Intelligence. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7220-6_2

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