Traditional security monitoring helps detect active threats, but it often only alerts you once an attack is already in progress. Threat intelligence and TTPs give you the ability to anticipate and prevent attacks before they reach your network. Learn why combining both approaches is crucial for a complete cybersecurity defense.
This is where threat intelligence and TTPs (Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures) come in. Unlike traditional monitoring, which analyzes activity inside your network, threat intelligence focuses on gathering information from external sources to identify potential threats before they reach your systems. By monitoring threat actors' activities, their tools, tactics, and procedures, threat intelligence provides valuable context to help prioritize which risks matter most to your organization and gives early warning signs, or confirmation, of attacks and breaches.
Why You Need Both
While threat intelligence excels in predicting threats and preventing attacks, traditional security monitoring ensures that you can detect, analyze, and respond to threats that bypass your defenses. Threat intelligence helps you stay ahead of attackers, but monitoring gives you visibility into your own environment, detecting abnormal behavior that may signal a breach. In tandem, these tools create a complete defense strategy—stopping threats before they occur while ensuring you’re prepared for any attacks that do get through.
In short, relying solely on one or the other leaves gaps in your cybersecurity posture. The combination of proactive intelligence and real-time monitoring helps organizations respond more effectively and reduces the chances of costly breaches.