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2,500 YEARS OF THREAT INTELLIGENCE AND ITS VALUE CONTINUES TO GROW
Even though threat intelligence is a relatively new discipline in our cyberdefence processes , it has been around for more than 2,500 years . Firas Ghanem , Regional Director – Middle East and Pakistan at ThreatQuotient , discusses how threat intelligence was critical to success on the battlefield then and its importance and criticality to success on the cyber battlefield today .
Military general and philosopher Sun Tzu once led the largest armies in the world and authored The Art of War , still considered a masterpiece of tactical warfare and very relevant as we wage our battles against evolving cyberattacks . That ’ s because even though threat intelligence is a relatively new discipline in our cyberdefence processes , it has been around for more than 2,500 years . Threat intelligence was central to Sun Tzu ’ s winning strategies and it is foundational to our success today as our security approaches continue to evolve , most recently with extended detection and response ( XDR ) solutions . Most cybersecurity professionals are familiar with this widely referenced quote by Sun Tzu : “ If you know others and know yourself , you will not be beaten in one hundred battles . If you do not know others but
We should not act on the basis of raw data , but rather on information gained by examining the data for relevance , priority and other situational information .
know yourself , you will win one and lose one . If you do not know others and do not know yourself , you will be beaten in every single battle .”
According to Sun Tzu , the first step in awareness is information gathering . This includes information about yourself – your assets , priorities , strengths and
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