Leveraging threat intelligence to protect your credit union

In the rapidly evolving cyber threat landscape, credit unions must leverage threat intelligence to quickly react to new vulnerabilities. New threats are identified daily, and good threat intelligence allows credit unions to determine which vulnerabilities require immediate decisive action and which can be addressed during normal maintenance windows. Timely action to emerging threats can make the difference in averting a breach and protecting member data.

What is Threat Intelligence?

Gartner defines threat intelligence as:

Evidence-based knowledge, including context, mechanisms, indicators, implications, and action-oriented advice about an existing or emerging menace or hazard to assets. This intelligence can be used to inform decisions regarding the subject’s response to that menace or hazard.

In simpler terms, threat intelligence is information that allows credit unions to understand and act on threats to their information systems and member data. Now that we know why we need threat intelligence, where can we find it?

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