Why Use Threat Intelligence in Security Programs?

Threat intelligence providesreal-time data on known threats, helping SOC teamsidentify, detect, and mitigate security risks proactively.

????Key Benefits of Threat Intelligence:✅Early Threat Detection– Identifiesknown attack patterns(IP addresses, domains, hashes).✅Proactive Defense– Blocks threatsbefore they impact systems.✅Better Incident Response– Speeds uptriage and forensic analysis.✅Contextualized Alerts– Reduces false positives bycorrelating security events with known threats.

????Example Use Case in Splunk ES:????Scenario:The SOC team ingeststhreat intelligence feeds(e.g., from MITRE ATT&CK, VirusTotal).✅Splunk Enterprise Security (ES)correlates security eventswith knownmalicious IPs or domains.✅If an internal system communicates with aknown C2 server, the SOC teamautomatically receives an alertandblocks the IPusing Splunk SOAR.

Why Not the Other Options?

❌A. To automate response workflows– While automation is beneficial,threat intelligence is primarily for proactive identification.❌C. To generate incident reports for stakeholders– Reports are abyproduct, but not themain goalof threat intelligence.❌D. To archive historical events for compliance– Threat intelligence isreal-time and proactive, whereas compliance focuses onrecord-keeping.

References & Learning Resources

????Splunk ES Threat Intelligence Guide: https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/ES ????MITRE ATT&CK Integration with Splunk: https://attack.mitre.org/resources ????Threat Intelligence Best Practices in SOC: https://splunkbase.splunk.com