Leveraging Threat Intelligence in Security Operations

This article explains the fundamentals of Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), including what makes intelligence actionable (timely, relevant, actionable), the differences between strategic, operational, and tactical intelligence, and the intelligence lifecycle from planning through dissemination and feedback. It highlights practical use cases for SOCs, vulnerability management, and incident response, and describes integrating CTI with tools such as SIEM, EDR, firewalls, and IDS/IPS, while providing links to further learning resources.