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A CISO’s Guide to Integrating Three
Pillars of Security
Operations

As CISOs aim to build comprehensive security operations, they must integrate three critical pillars:

  • Threat Intelligence
  • Digital Risk Protection (DRP)
  • Threat Detection, Investigation, and Response (TDIR)

In this guide, we explore key focus areas for each pillar and explain how CISOs can operationalize them within their TDIR workflow for proactive security operations.

The Three Pillars of Security Operations

While each pillar plays a vital role on its own, together they offer comprehensive visibility of internal and external threats, enabling them to protect their assets and respond to threats effectively. Without an integrated approach, security gaps can leave their organizations vulnerable to cyber attacks.

With ReliaQuest GreyMatter Security Operations Platform, CISOs can:

Optimize their Security Investments

Seamlessly Integrate Threat Intelligence with their Workflows

Achieve 360-Degree
Visibility

Integrating the Three Pillars

The Challenge of Balancing the Three Pillars

Noisy Data

When focusing on threat intelligence, the noise of irrelevant data makes it difficult for security teams to prioritize and integrate the intel into their TDIR workflow, hindering their ability to respond effectively to threats. Security Teams need:

  • Understanding of external threats and enhancing digital risk monitoring across the open, deep, and dark web.
  • Specific and relevant threat intelligence to avoid overload and inefficiency.
  • Prioritized threat intelligence to focus on high-priority threats, reducing noise and improving the effectiveness of security teams.

Increased Risk

Leaving out DRP can leave an organization vulnerable to threats from the open, deep, and dark web. Even with strong TDIR and threat intelligence capabilities, lack of visibility into threats specific to an organization can lead to significant security breaches and data leaks. A lack of DRP leaves security teams:

  • Unable to have a comprehensive view of threats from the open, deep, and dark web.
  • Increased risks such as impersonation, data loss, compromised credentials, and reputational damage.
  • A lack of continuous monitoring and analysis of potential threats.

Reactive SecOps

Without integrating threat intelligence and DRP, organizations lack a comprehensive understanding of threats and can only react after attacks occur, delaying response times. With integrated threat intelligence and DRP, organizations can:

  • Integrating into Threat Detection enabling proactive threat defense and supports investigations through custom detection rules.
  • Full-scale investigations using enriched DRP and threat intelligence enhance threat analysis effectiveness.
  • Proactive response actions from threat intelligence and DRP insights mitigate threats, reduce response times, and enhance incident management.