How Internal Threat Intelligence Improves Your Cybersecurity

Internal threat intelligence means analysing the data generated inside your organisation. By focusing on internal systems, networks and user activity, it identifies the threats and vulnerabilities that are specific to your environment.

Key components of internal threat intelligence

• Data collection: internal threat intelligence starts by gathering data from many sources within the organisation: system logs, network traffic, user activity and application behaviour. Analysing this data reveals patterns and anomalies that may point to a security threat.
• Insider threat detection: one of its main goals is to identify insider threats. They can come from employees, contractors or partners who have access to sensitive information and systems. Watching user behaviour and access patterns helps spot suspicious activity that may signal an insider threat.
• Vulnerability management: internal threat intelligence helps find the weaknesses in your systems and applications, such as misconfigurations and outdated software, that an attacker could exploit. Fixing them proactively strengthens your security posture.
• Anomaly detection: continuous monitoring of internal systems and networks makes it possible to notice anomalies that may indicate a breach or an attempted attack, such as unexpected data transfers or unauthorised access attempts.
• Tailored security measures: internal threat intelligence lets you design measures that fit your own environment, such as access controls, encryption and other protocols that address the specific risks found through internal analysis.

Benefits of internal threat intelligence

• A stronger security posture: working on internal data gives a deeper understanding of your security landscape and helps you address vulnerabilities more effectively.
• Proactive threat mitigation: you can anticipate and contain threats before they cause significant harm.
• Better incident response: with detailed knowledge of your systems and of the threats they face, you can respond to incidents faster and more effectively.

In short

Internal threat intelligence is a vital tool for protecting your assets and data from both internal and external threats. The insights gained from internal analysis help you build a security strategy that addresses your own challenges and vulnerabilities.

In ARXDOME, the internal view comes from the probes and the firewalls: ARXAgt collects logs, security events, inventory and file changes from your machines, the firewalls send their logs to the platform, and the SOC pages show logons, vulnerabilities and suspicious events for each company.

Internal intelligence is only half of the picture: find out how external threat intelligence complements it.