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ThreatConnect Threat Intelligence Operations Platform

Score8.7 out of 10

6 Reviews and Ratings

What is ThreatConnect Threat Intelligence Operations Platform?

TI Ops is the threat intelligence platform built for operations, not just centralization. It ingests hundreds of internal and external sources, enriches them with AI, and aligns them to any intelligence requirements and MITRE ATT&CK gaps. Analysts can operationalize insights across the SOC, IR, hunt, and vulnerability teams. When combined with Polarity and Risk Quantifier, TI Ops helps teams act on intelligence faster and focus on the threats that truly matter to the business.


Categories & Use Cases

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dashboards. The ThreatConnect TI Ops Platform provides customizable dashboards to enable the availability of the right information when needed.
Low-code Automation. Automation is critical to operationalizing threat intel. The ThreatConnect TI Ops Platform provides Low-Code Automation to automate everything from simple tasks to complex playbooks.
ATT&CK Visualizer. The ATT&CK Visualizer in the ThreatConnect TI Ops Platform enables analysts to visually see and understand attacker behaviors using the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
a Threat Graph. The ThreatConnect TI Ops Platform provides interactive tools for analysts, like the Threat Graph, to explore and enrich their threat intel data, uncover new relationships, and to take action with just a couple of clicks.

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Top Performing Features

  • Threat Intelligence Reporting

    Generates reports that display information on threats (such as name, type, frequency of attack, area affected, etc.)

    Category average: 8.3

  • Threat Recognition

    Detection and recognition of malicious software within a network that could pose a threat to sensitive information.

    Category average: 7.7

  • Vulnerability Classification

    Prioritizing vulnerabilities, to determine which vulnerabilities are most urgent and require a quicker resolution.

    Category average: 7.4

Areas for Improvement

  • Threat Analysis

    Analyzing known factors such as behavior patterns, affected areas, and other specific features to more easily identify a threat.

    Category average: 7.5

  • Automated Alerts and Reporting

    Systems in place to automatically alert, report, or notify of issues that may need timely remediation.

    Category average: 7.9

Game Changer Platform for automating Threat intel Workflows

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In MSSP environment we use ThreatConnect TIOP as the central hub for all threat intelligence-related operations, while platform is integrated into our workflows for triaging alerts, enriching alerts, enriching IOCs, correlating data across client environments and triggering automated response actions we ingest threat intel from various open sources and while using ThreatConnect to normalize,enrich and prioritize this data

Pros

  • One of the most beneficial features of the ThreatConnect is its ability to automatically enrich IOCs from multiple sources such as VT WHOis and assign a dynamic threat score.

Cons

  • while playbooks are powerfull but building and troubleshooting complex workflows can be time consuming there is lack of guide and the documentation for common use cases.

Return on Investment

  • Tool has clear and positive impact on our overall SOC oprerations and business objectives as an MSSP one of the most significant gains has been operational effeciency, by automating IOC enrichment and threat scoring and time analyst to reduce MTTD and MTTR across multiple enviroment.

Usability

Fully customizable ThreatConnect Threat Intelligence Operations Platform

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

ThreatConnect Threat Intelligence Operations Platform has an extensive Playbook & Custom APP capabilities. As they have an HTTP Client engine, you can integrate it with literally any system that supports RESTful APIs or TAXII servers (which is pretty much supported by all big solutions or security technologies). This means that you can, without any help, build your own playbook to integrate with any system within the organization. This allows for an incredible level of automation and customization for your specific use cases and needs.

Additionally, ThreatConnect Threat Intelligence Operations Platform aggregates all feeds and intelligence data (IoCs, TTPs, etc.). in one unified platform - which makes it easier for analysts to make informed decisions.

Pros

  • Custom Playbook integration
  • Automated workflows and Tasks
  • Intelligence aggregation

Cons

  • Need to have more native (out of the box) integrations
  • Need more focused training courses and certificates

Return on Investment

  • Playbooks allow for extensive automation of tasks the team would otherwise spend hours on

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Anomali ThreatStream and ThreatQuotient

Other Software Used

Splunk SOAR, Kaspersky Endpoint Security, Amazon CloudWatch

ThreatConnect

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I utilize Threat Connect as a critical tool in my cybersecurity workflow. It enables me to design custom playbooks tailored to various scenarios, significantly improving our response time to security incidents. Additionally, these playbooks are instrumental in efficiently gathering and retrieving relevant data for different teams, enhancing overall team coordination and effectiveness in handling security challenges.

Pros

  • Intelligence gathering
  • Workflow creation
  • Playbook funtionality

Cons

  • A more stable UI
  • Modify the app creator funtion to be easier to use

Return on Investment

  • Easy creation of reports
  • Unified intelligence