Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 28 | Page 26

TRENDING “ of threat intelligence has increased significantly since 2015. Despite the increase in the exchange and use of threat intelligence, most respondents from the survey are not satisfied with the current quality of the data. Lack of accuracy and timeliness is among the top complaints about threat intelligence, which in turn hinders its effectiveness and security teams’ ability to quickly mitigate threats. In fact, only 31% of respondents cited threat intelligence as actionable. But exchanging threat intelligence among peers, industry groups, IT vendors and government bodies can result in more holistic, accurate and timely threat intelligence and a stronger security posture. Two-thirds of respondents (66%) reported that threat intelligence could have prevented or minimised the consequence of a data 26 INTELLIGENTCIO Ashraf Sheet, Regional Director Middle East & Africa at Infoblox MORE ACCURATE AND COMPREHENSIVE EXCHANGE OF THREAT INTELLIGENCE WILL SPEED OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND TO ATTACKS. www.intelligentcio.com