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Filigran and Intrinsec: leveraging OpenCTI for enhanced cybersecurity

Oct 30, 2024 4 min read
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Intrinsec’s journey with OpenCTI began in 2020 when they adopted the platform to enhance their threat intelligence capabilities. Recognizing its potential, Intrinsec supported the project since then, contributing to its ongoing development and integration.

Today, Intrinsec’s use of OpenCTI showcases a major evolution in their cybersecurity services, emphasizing the platform’s impact on threat intelligence and how it underpins new, advanced offerings.


About Intrinsec

For over 30 years, Intrinsec has established itself as a trusted cybersecurity partner, safeguarding organizations against diverse cyber threats. By understanding the complexity of cybersecurity challenges, Intrinsec focuses on protecting business continuity through proactive, comprehensive security measures. As a cybersecurity “pure-player,” Intrinsec offers recognized expertise in consulting, cyber assessment, and operational security, including cyber threat intelligence that spans threat knowledge and digital risk monitoring.

In 2024, this partnership with Filigran took a significant step forward with the introduction of an enriched version of Intrinsec’s flagship CTI Feeds, reinforcing their dedication to continuous improvement in threat intelligence.

Introducing CTI Feeds by Intrinsec

Intrinsec’s CTI Feeds is designed to deliver a wealth of intelligence on external threats, addressing the need for sophisticated and proactive cyber defense. Integrated into the OpenCTI platform, CTI Feeds offers a technical flow of Indicators of Compromise (IoCs), continuously developed and enhanced to meet the growing sophistication of cyber threats. As of October 1, 2024, the enriched version of CTI Feeds provides an expanded flow of indicators, striking a precise balance between volume and quality to better serve customers’ detection and response needs.

Key Benefits of CTI Feeds by Intrinsec:

  • Enhanced Detection and Response: The CTI Feeds significantly boost real-time detection capabilities, enabling organizations to identify and respond to threats swiftly and effectively.
  • Comprehensive Data: With over 2,000 new indicators produced daily, derived from trusted sources, the feeds provide a rich and continuously updated source of threat intelligence.
  • Reduced False Positives: The precision of the CTI Feeds helps in reducing false positives, offering more accurate and actionable intelligence.
  • Compliance and Brand Protection: CTI Feeds assists organizations in meeting compliance standards such as ISO 27001:2022, safeguarding their brand by staying ahead of potential threats.

Intrinsec’s ongoing journey with OpenCTI

Since Intrinsec first integrated OpenCTI, the platform has become indispensable for enhancing threat intelligence capabilities across their operations and client services. By incorporating OpenCTI into their “SOC Manager” service, Intrinsec has aligned its solutions with the evolving demands for rapid threat detection and deeper threat analysis, leading to tangible improvements in efficiency and effectiveness.

With OpenCTI, Intrinsec has achieved a 65% reduction in investigation times and significantly expanded their knowledge base to over 3 million threat entries. This expansion of data and insights has been instrumental in enhancing the agility of Intrinsec’s Security Operations Center (SOC) and Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) teams, enabling them to pinpoint threats with improved accuracy. Additionally, the integration has allowed for a 25% reduction in feed redundancy, further streamlining Intrinsec’s intelligence workflows.

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Conclusion

Intrinsec’s partnership with Filigran and their utilization of OpenCTI illustrate how cutting-edge tools can transform cybersecurity operations. Through OpenCTI, Intrinsec has achieved significant advancements in threat detection, analysis, and response capabilities, and the introduction of an enriched CTI Feeds product exemplifies this commitment to innovation.

By leveraging OpenCTI’s advanced functionalities, Intrinsec is positioned to provide even more effective, efficient, and comprehensive cybersecurity services. Both Filigran and Intrinsec are dedicated to setting new standards in threat intelligence and operational security, ensuring robust protection for all their customers and preparing them to face the future of cybersecurity with confidence.

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