Learn how threat intelligence allows NordVPN to shield its users from cyberattacks.
Threat intelligence is the collection, processing, and analysis of data that helps experts understand how cybercriminals act, who they are targeting, why they are doing it, and what methods they are using. This allows businesses and individuals to mitigate cyberthreats before any harm is done.
Threat intelligence helps us to be proactive in our fight against cyberthreats. Dealing with the aftermath of a cyberattack requires more money and time than preventing it from happening in the first place. Here’s what threat intelligence does:
There are three types of threat intelligence: tactical, operational, and strategic.
The threat intelligence lifecycle is a framework NordVPN’s threat intelligence team uses to efficiently implement security measures on our apps. It has six phases:
Outlining the goals the threat intelligence team wants to achieve, based on the possible threats and processes that need to be protected.
Identifying and gathering the data the team needs to achieve the goals they set in phase one. We rely on various online databases and our own research for this step.
Working with the gathered data to transform it into a format that is easy to use. It makes the information easy to use and to verify it’s not been tampered with.
Raw data is turned into intelligence. It allows us to make informed decisions, like whether a further investigation is needed or what is the best way to protect our users from cyberthreats.
After the conclusions are drawn, recommendations are given to the main stakeholders and other teams working on various aspects of the NordVPN apps.
Stakeholders provide feedback to the threat intelligence team to ensure their work remains relevant to the product and its users.
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