From itproportal.com
Cyber criminals have become increasingly bold, organised, and equipped with more sophisticated tools in recent years. New attack techniques and malware are developed and refined so quickly that organisations often have little choice but to take a reactive, defensive stance.
One of the most effective ways of taking the initiative back from the attackers is for organisations to arm themselves with high-level threat intelligence that will help them to identify potential malicious activity in advance. Gathering information from a mixture of open sources and hidden channels such as the dark web, threat intelligence reports can help companies to prepare against incoming attacks and take action to block them or mitigate their impact.