Cybersecurity

: Miki G.; > CyberSecurity; > 01 March 2023

The Cyber Threat Intelligence specialist is one of the professional figures in the field of cybersecurity identified at the European level, for which the European Cybersecurity Skills Framework has identified areas and skills, to help organizations equip themselves with the necessary figures for the specific situation by addressing the while training the operators.

What is Cyber Threat Intelligence

The broad world of information security, its facets and the variety of growing threats requires an in-depth knowledge of scenarios, actors and methods of action in order to plan and implement effective security measures to defend information infrastructures. Cyber Threat Intelligence takes care of this knowledge. To defend yourself it is necessary to know the threat, the context, the operating methods, the evolutions. It is a constant research and analysis activity, conducted on several levels, which allows for the identification of potential threats and the possibility of defensive actions.

The specialist in Cyber Threat Intelligence

The professional who is dedicated to the collection and analysis of information is the Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist, identified in the Framework developed by ENISA among the professional figures in the field of cybersecurity. The activity itself must be carried out in extremely broad contexts, starting from which the analysis of the information obtained leads to reports presented to the stakeholders who will have to make decisions regarding the policies and interventions to be implemented. But before arriving at these final observations, the professional must also take care of planning all the collection activity, organizing action plans and procedures, identifying the useful channels and the necessary technologies.

The skills of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist

The ENISA document identifies a series of skills that this professional must have. In particular, knowledge of IT systems and infrastructures, of cybersecurity solutions and areas, of programming languages, of the operating context is specified, including methods of attack and recent successful attacks, methods of analysis and preparation of reports. Among the skills required, on the other hand, we find the ability to work in a team, to collect and analyze information from different sources and to identify various types of events that can have an impact on cybersecurity.

Why Cyber Threat Intelligence Matters

The collection and analysis of information relating to cyber threats is essential because, in order to be able to defend oneself, it is necessary to know the enemy, the threat, and the related risks. The growing IT threats, with the variety of actors and strategies, require constant work on several fronts to secure what is now considered to be the true corporate value, i.e. information. If Cyber Threat Intelligence is carried out in a structured and effective way, it is truly able to support decision-making by directing and optimizing investments towards the most suitable solutions to obtain that acceptable level of security also required by the regulations in force, becoming a real value added for business.

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