Anomali ThreatStream vs. IBM X-Force Exchange

Parsing is useful information into other tools but can be a hit or miss depending on the tool. In regards to the quality of data, there is room for improvement as there is a constant growth of attackers and their techniques. Anomali Threat stream does well for larger organizations to use in tandem with other security suites.

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IBM X-Force is well suited for organizations with medium to large SOC's and run IBM Qradar as their SIEM.

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• Indicators of Compromise
• Signatures
• Community Sharing

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• Ready made security research on threats.
• Security Intel
• Integrate threat intel feeds with SIEMs.

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• The user interface, perhaps there is some room for improvement although it is good already.
• Confidence assigning process for IOCs needs to be more robust and transparent.
• While integration with SIEM solutions is a cakewalk, there is definitely added value if SIGMA rule conversion and YARA rule creation are provided from the platform.

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• Pruning of IOC to reduce false positives.
• Add more flexibility to integration on SIEMs to allow users to compare UserAgents, Compromised users/domains like HIBP.
• Only watch vulnerabilities for selected vendors.

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I think they both have their own pros and cons. However, I like Anomali ThreatStream better because of its strong local presence in MENA market which renders great support from the vendor during needy times. I have also figured out that IOC integration with SIEM solutions is fairly easy and straight forward with Anomali ThreatStream.

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IBM X-force is community-based and crowd strike is not. Community-based will always be best-effort quality.

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• We have seen a positive ROI as the security monitoring is taken to the next level when it is augmented with threat intel data that Anomali provides.
• Our customers are very satisfied with the periodic threat reports that we send, which are created using Anomali ThreatStream.
• The overall business objectives are met as Threat Intel is one of the most important pillars when it comes to providing security services, and we use Anomali ThreatStream extensively for that.

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• Threat Intel - Low Confidence IOC - Overhead.
• Lack of integration with IBM Qradar+Vulnerability via X-Force.

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