77% of respondents say that threat intelligence is very to extremely important to their organization's overall security posture.

Threat intelligence has become a significant weapon in the fight against cybersecurity threats, and a large majority of organizations have made it a key part of their security strategies.

Among the key findings of the report are that organizations are leveraging threat intelligence data for a number of use cases, and many rate themselves fairly competent in their use of threat intelligence to identify and remediate cyber threats.

Organizations utilize threat intelligence tools when facing cyber threats such as phishing, zero-day attacks, insider attacks, advanced persistent threats, and malware. Other challenges include threat detection, gaining full visibility into all assets and vulnerabilities, and lack of advanced security staff.