{"id":13947,"date":"2018-11-29T10:30:21","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T18:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2018\/11\/29\/news-7714\/"},"modified":"2018-11-29T10:30:21","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T18:30:21","slug":"news-7714","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2018\/11\/29\/news-7714\/","title":{"rendered":"How to choose the right threat intelligence services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Kailash Singh| Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2018 14:01:00 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There was a time, in the not too distant past when the choice of a threat intelligence service was restricted to a handful of providers. We don&#8217;t live in that world anymore. Recently, the increasing complexity of threats in the modern cyber landscape have given rise to a plethora of threat intelligence vendors, each offering a host of different services. An extensive and competitive market with innumerable, byzantine options can make choosing the right solution for your organization&#8217;s needs, both confusing and extremely frustrating. That is what Forrester seeks to address through a recently released report on external threat intelligence, titled <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/enterprise-security\/new-wave-forrester?u&amp;utm_source=kdaily&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=gl_Frstr_organic&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_term=gl_kdaily_organic_link_blog_Frstr\"><em>The Forrester New Wave&#x2122;: External Threat Intelligence Services, Q3 2018<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/22083305\/threat-intelligence-forrester-wave.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/22083305\/threat-intelligence-forrester-wave.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1460\" height=\"958\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24741\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>According to Forrester, enterprise-level organizations (1,000 employees or more) subscribe to an average of 4.2 commercial threat intelligence feeds. Forrester, one of the world&#8217;s top independent research firms, in its latest report on threat intelligence seeks to provide buyers with the right information in their quest to choosing the vendor that is a good fit for them in the TI marketplace.<\/p>\n<p>In this evaluation, Forrester identifies 15 top vendors within the external threat intelligence space using a comprehensive and robust analysis intended to allow security professionals to make well-informed decisions without the need to spend months researching the marketplace. The report uses transparent criteria to develop a detailed analysis of each vendor&#8217;s TI services letting decision-makers compare the vendors based on their own requirements.<\/p>\n<p>A non-convoluted and distinct methodology (more details can be found at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forrester.com\/marketing\/policies\/forrester-wave-methodology.html\">Forrester Wave methodology guide<\/a>) used in this case simplifies the process for readers to shortlist vendors based on performance and their own custom requirements. The firm evaluated Kaspersky Lab to be a &#8220;Strong Performer&#8221; with six &#8220;Differentiated&#8221; offerings (among the most received by evaluated vendors).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24742\" style=\"width: 381px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/22083520\/threat-intelligence-forrester-wave-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/22083520\/threat-intelligence-forrester-wave-1.png\" alt=\"Source: The Forrester New Wave&#x2122;: External Threat Intelligence Services, Q3 2018\" width=\"371\" height=\"164\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24742\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: The Forrester New Wave&#x2122;: External Threat Intelligence Services, Q3 2018<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Forrester calls Kaspersky Lab&#8217;s ability to collect and analyze information to be &#8220;exceptional&#8221; in the report. The firm also recognizes the capabilities of the GReAT (Kaspersky Global Research and Analysis Team) which is a specialized team of experts conducting research in more than 18 languages. Forrester acknowledges the need to have a broader perspective that is independent of just western sources, calling Kaspersky Lab to be the &#8220;best&#8221; for nation-state intel that is not necessarily aligned with western governments. Finally, Kaspersky Lab&#8217;s clients greatly appreciate the company&#8217;s global reach with the ability to monitor and locate threats in all parts of the world.<\/p>\n<p>With threats becoming increasingly complex and malicious, it is imperative that organizations arm themselves with a broad array of countermeasures to deflect impending attacks.  Choosing a threat intelligence vendor in 2018 shouldn&#8217;t require a herculean effort, especially when resources to identify them are widely available. The Forrester report is among the best available resources for security professionals to analyze vendor capabilities across a wide variety of services, in order to make informed decisions. There may be no silver bullet in cyber-security, but when it comes to combating zero-days and APTs, a reliable threat intelligence service can make all the difference.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/enterprise-security\/new-wave-forrester?u&amp;utm_source=kdaily&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=gl_Frstr_organic&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_term=gl_kdaily_organic_link_blog_Frstr\">here<\/a> to access the full report including the wave graphic.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about our services, please visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/enterprise-security\/threat-intelligence-subscription?u&amp;utm_source=kdaily&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=gl_TIP_organic&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_term=gl_kdaily_organic_link_blog_TIP\">Kaspersky Threat Intelligence webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/threat-intelligence-forrester-wave\/24740\/\" target=\"bwo\" >https:\/\/blog.kaspersky.com\/feed\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Kailash Singh| Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2018 14:01:00 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Resources for security professionals to analyze vendor capabilities across a wide variety of threat intelligence services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[10425,10378],"tags":[20234,1001,20235,12321,12040],"class_list":["post-13947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kaspersky","category-security","tag-analysts","tag-business","tag-forrester","tag-smb","tag-threat-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13947\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}