Contextualizing Information Based on Adversaries

In an environment where threats constantly evolve, organizations must go beyond simply identifying technical vulnerabilities and focus on understanding who their adversaries are, how they operate, and what their objectives are. This is where contextualizing information becomes critical to prioritize real risks.

Why is contextualization key?

Not all vulnerabilities or risks have the same impact or likelihood of exploitation. Without context, organizations risk allocating resources to low-relevance issues while leaving critical assets exposed to sophisticated, targeted attacks.

Contextualization helps answer questions such as:

• Which threat groups are active in my industry?
• What tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) do they use?
• Which of my assets are attractive targets for them?

Prioritizing risks based on actual adversary activity

An effective defense model must integrate up-to-date threat intelligence, analyzing malicious actor behavior patterns and correlating them with vulnerabilities present in the environment.

This enables:

• Detecting vulnerabilities that are actively being exploited.
• Assessing attack paths that could be leveraged by specific adversaries.
• Focusing mitigation efforts on the most critical assets, considering their business value and exposure.

How we do it at Reveald

Our platform, Epiphany Intelligence Platform (EIP), applies predictive intelligence to identify which threats are relevant to each organization, generating actionable and prioritized context. This translates to:

• Dynamic analysis of emerging threats.
• Automated risk prioritization based on real adversary activity.
• Visualization of attack paths connecting vulnerabilities to the attacker's critical targets.

Key benefits

• Resource savings by focusing efforts where they truly matter.
• Improved response times to incidents.
• Greater resilience against advanced, targeted attacks.

In conclusion, contextualizing security information based on adversaries enables organizations to transform their risk management approach, shifting from a reactive stance to a proactive and sustainable strategy focused on protecting what truly matters.

The question is not whether you have vulnerabilities, but whether those vulnerabilities matter to the attackers watching you.

Source: Reveald Blog