Value of Intelligence

A security breach can cost an enterprise dearly in lost time, compromised data, and brand equity damage. And these costs add up to lost revenue and may result in fines or other business costs. As vulnerabilities increase and the time from vulnerability identification to exploit continues to shrink, having accurate, actionable intelligence becomes more important everyday.

Problem: Prioritizing Your Response

Information can tell you that a vulnerability exists or that an event has occurred in your environment. Alerts from vendors or the network community may tell you about a new threat. But too many false positives and too many alerts overextend resources and obscure the threats that matter most. To help ensure critical-system availability and protect information more effectively, you need proactive, actionable security intelligence tailored to your business needs.

Solution: Proactive Intelligence

Actionable intelligence comes from a rich layering of intelligence sources, expert analysis and effective data correlation to provide advanced warning of a threat, identify the likelihood of attack and the risk to critical systems. Many organizations fail to use the first layer of intelligence—the data within their own systems, because they cannot correlate data between sites and across disparate systems.

The next layer of intelligence goes beyond individual organizations to correlating data across multiple organizations, industries, and regions. VeriSign, with thousands of devices under management, uses correlation and trend analysis to identify attacks on particular industries such as financial services providers or on specific devices to help our clients respond.

These first two layers of intelligence tell you what has happened or is happening. Proactive intelligence comes in advance of an event. To know what’s coming requires early identification and verification of vulnerabilities, as well as a way to measure the criticality of a threat, and steps for remediation.

Why the Value of Intelligence Matters

Information security is no longer about managing and monitoring devices. Threats can originate anywhere in the world and wreak havoc on the operations and reputations of companies anywhere. Better intelligence helps reduce false positives and prioritize remediation to reduce the potential for harm to your organization.

How VeriSign Helps

VeriSign utilizes a unique blend of intelligence gathered from the security services we provide, the thousands of devices under our management, and our presence within the global Internet infrastructure. Because our iDefense security analysts discover many vulnerabilities, our SOC analysts become aware of these potential vulnerabilities 45-60 days before they become public information. They use this intelligence to deliver more effective services. Learn more about VeriSign Security Intelligence.

VeriSign® iDefense Security Intelligence Services

VeriSign® iDefense Security Intelligence Services deliver effective, actionable intelligence regarding network-based security threats and vulnerabilities that can help organizations proactively protect critical data and infrastructure from attacks. Our experienced team of security experts scour the Internet for potential cyber threats from new malicious code, zero-day exploits, or hacker groups committing cyber crime or threatening widespread cyber terror. Combined with technical and traditional intelligence, VeriSign delivers advanced warning and analysis to help organizations protect their critical infrastructure.