TRENDING
breach or cyber attack, indicating that more
infosecurity professionals are realising the
importance of threat intelligence.
“Cybersecurity takes a village, and this
survey spotlights a real need for the
cybersecurity community and public sector
to better co-operate and communicate
to share intel on security threats,” said Dr
Larry Ponemon, Chairman and Founder
of the Ponemon Institute. “More accurate
and comprehensive exchange of threat
intelligence will speed our ability to respond
to attacks and will result in stronger
defence against cyber threats, whether
that’s among enterprises or our nation’s
critical infrastructure.”
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LACK OF TRUST
IN INTELLIGENCE
PROVIDERS
PREVENT SOME
ORGANISATIONS
FROM FULLY
PARTICIPATING.
• A total of 66% of respondents say
shared information is not timely and
41% say it is too complicated
• Potential liability and lack of trust in
intelligence providers prevent some
organisations from fully participating
in threat intelligence exchange
programmes, with 58% and 60%
respectively citing these concerns
• While the value of threat intelligence
declines within minutes, only 24% of
respondents say they receive threat
intelligence in real time (9%) or
hourly (15%)
• A total of 73% of respondents say
they use threat indicators and the
most valuable types of information are
THE
CONSUMPTION
AND EXCHANGE
OF THREAT
INTELLIGENCE
HAS INCREASED
SIGNIFICANTLY
SINCE 2015.
The vast majority of respondents are
focused on threat sharing, with 84% of
organisations fully participating or partially
participating in an initiative or programme
for exchanging threat intelligence with
peers and/or industry groups. But most of
these organisations are only participating in
peer-to-peer exchange of threat intelligence
(65%) instead of a more formal approach
such as threat intelligence exchange services
or consortium, which contributes to the
dissatisfaction with the quality of the threat
intelligence obtained. sure we’re doing everything to facilitate
comprehensive threat intelligence within
the ecosystem. This means establishing an
exchange platform that enables sharing that
is trusted, neutral and offers a 360-degree
view of market threats.” Other key findings
from the survey include:
“There’s a real need for actionable, timely
and effective threat intelligence sharing,”
said Jesper Andersen, CEO of Infoblox.
“As industry players, we have a responsibility
to our customers and consumers to make • Most respondents believe threat
intelligence improves situational
awareness, with an increase from 54%
of respondents in 2014 to 61% of
respondents in this year’s study
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indicators of malicious IP addresses and
malicious URLs
“This report is an excellent follow-up to
our recently organised Security and Next
Gen Data Centre roadshow event in Dubai
in terms of helping IT managers, CIOs
and security teams understand how to
make their organisations more secure,
while ensuring high availability in the face
of increasing cyber attacks,” said Ashraf
Sheet, Regional Director Middle East and
Africa at Infoblox. n
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