Operationalizing Threat Intelligence

In 2015, I conducted some in-depth research around enterprise organizations’ consumption, use, and sharing of threat intelligence.  Time and time again, I heard cybersecurity professionals proclaim that their organizations had to do a better job “operationalizing” threat intelligence. 

Hmm, sounds like a worthwhile security management goal if I’ve ever heard one but what exactly does this mean?  Some ESG research may be helpful here (note: I am an ESG analyst).  ESG surveyed 304 IT and cybersecurity professionals working at enterprise organizations (i.e. more than 1,000 employees) and asked them to identify their organization’s top threat intelligence challenges.  The data reveals that:

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