Cyber threat Intelligence involves collecting, analysing and understanding information about potential cyber threats. It helps organisations proactively identify and mitigate risks by providing insights into the tactics, techniques and procedures used by cyber criminals.
This information is crucial for enhancing cyber security measures, protecting sensitive data and staying ahead of evolving threats in the digital landscape.
Below is a list of creditable resources you can access to gain up-to-date information on relevant cyber threat intelligence;
- Ollie Whitehouse, CTO the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)has created a blog on Substack that is free to sign up to. In this blog Ollie provides a breakdown of the digital landscape at a high level. To sign up to his blog click here. To learn more about the digital landscape read Ollie's blog.
- NCSC produce responses, reports and advisories on cyber security matters affecting the UK with regular updates. This is a key source to use to understand what threats currently affect the UK.
- The Cyber and Fraud Centre Scotland generate frequent threat intelligence alerts and guidance. An app has also been launched for SMEs to help them stay cyber resilient, which can be downloaded via the Apple App Store for apple users or the Google play store by Android users.
- Cyber Scotland provide monthly Technical Bulletin's which can provide you with information about updates, exploits and countermeasures on cyber security threats.
- Police CyberAlarm is a free tool provided by local police forces and funded by the Home Office. This tool helps your organisation monitor and report suspicious cyber activity you face. Police CyberAlarm will detect and provide regular reports of suspicious cyber activity and vulnerabilities which will enable your organistion to identify and mitigate cyber risks.
- CISP - Connect Inform Share Protect. CISP is a secure platform that enables users from organisations to collaborate on cyber threat information. It is managed by NCSC and membership is free. CISP is currently in the process of migrating to a new platform, once complete there will be a dedicated group for Northern Ireland.
The above are a number of free resources that your organisation can access to gain Cyber Threat Intelligence. These resources will help you put procedures in place to help prevent your organisation falling victim to a cyber attack.
If your organisation has fallen victim to a cyber attack you can report the incident to NCSC.