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• Over half ( 53 %) are cybersecurity managers or directors .
• 80 % of respondent organizations have a dedicated threat intelligence team .
• Respondents are all either very familiar ( 73 %) or moderately familiar ( 27 %) with their company ' s threat intelligence tools and policies .
Key Insights
01 Organizations are embracing proactive threat intelligence
The top two reasons that enterprise organizations use threat intelligence are to assess risk from a range of threats ( 76 %) and to prioritize vulnerabilities and weaknesses most likely to be targeted ( 72 %). Cybersecurity teams are turning their attention to how they can move into the offensive position ,
Instead of reacting to threats once they ' ve become attacks , they use threat intelligence to increase visibility and mitigate risks so they can stay several steps ahead of threat actors .
02 Teams measure success based on detection , response , and remediation outcomes
Respondents say they base the success of threat intelligence on these top three measures :
• 66 % cite enhanced threat detection rates
• 59 % cite improved response times
• 57 % cite a reduction in the number of incidents
Threat intelligence also delivers related benefits like improved threat detection accuracy and improved prioritization of security efforts . p
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