A Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP) is a technology solution that collects, aggregates and organizes threat intel data from multiple sources and formats.

A TIP provides security teams with information on known malware and other threats, powering efficient and accurate threat identification, investigation and response.

A TIP can be deployed as either a software-as-a-service (SaaS) or as an on-premises solution.

In most security operations centers (SOCs) threat intelligence is a function, but in large organizations it can also be handled by a dedicated team.

 TIP helps security and threat intelligence teams to:

• Automate, streamline and simplify the entire process of researching, collecting, aggregating and organizing threat intelligence data, as well as normalizing, de-duping and enriching that data.
• Monitor and quickly detect, validate and respond to potential security threats in real-time.
• Get vital information such as the background and details about current and future security risks, threats, attacks and vulnerabilities, as well as information on threat adversaries and their tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs).
• Set up security incident escalation and response processes.
• Share threat intelligence data with other stakeholders via dashboards, alerts, reports, etc.
• Continually feed the most up-to-date threat intelligence data to security systems such as Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions, endpoints, firewalls, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPSs) and others.