A proven security intelligence model for combatting cyber threats

A reference model for IT security practitioners

Published October 2016

Almost anyone with a malicious intent can purchase malware and rent botnets on the Dark Web, lowering the bar for criminal entities, nation states, and terrorists to use cyber as a weapon of choice towards their intended purpose.

Cyber attacks now take place on an industrial scale. The 2015 Global State of Information Security Survey shows that the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of detected security incidents has increased 66 percent yearover-year since 2009.