Gartner Research

Market Guide for Security Threat Intelligence Products and Services

Published: 19 February 2019

ID: G00380381

Analyst(s): Craig Lawson, Ruggero Contu, Ryan Benson

Summary

Threat intelligence capabilities can make your digital businesses more resilient. Security and risk management leaders will need to evaluate the capabilities and features of TI offerings and match them to the needs of their security programs.

Machine-Readable Content
Human-Focused Content
The Use of TI Services Is Broadening
TI Is Pervasive in Security Products and Services
Open Standards Are Now Viable; Demand Support for Them in Your Products and Use Them in Your Processes
APIs Continue to Evolve and Support Better Integration Options
End Users Are Creating Sharing Capabilities for TI
Pricing Models Are Starting to Standardize
TI Is Integrated With Adjacent Capabilities

Market Analysis

Vendors Are Still Looking to Tailor Offerings to a Broader List of Vertical Industries and Organizational Sizes
Vendors Often Consume Similar Information
Vendor Capabilities Vary
Popular TI Use Cases
- Security Technology Telemetry Enrichment
- Phishing Detection
- Vulnerability Prioritization
- Social Media Monitoring
- Surface, “Deep” and “Dark” Web Monitoring
- Brand Monitoring
- TI Investigations and Response
- Fraud Detection
- TI Analyst Augmentation
- TI Sharing
- Threat Actor Tracking
- Intelligence Analyst Investigations Tools
- Rogue or Fake Mobile App Detection

Representative Vendors

Market Introduction
Acquire
- Commercial TI Services
- Free TI Sources
- CERTs
- ISACs and Others
Aggregate Multiple Sources of TI
- TIPs
Action

Market Recommendations

Acquire
- Breadth of Coverage
- Depth and Accuracy
- Ability to Execute
- Extensibility
- Specialization
Aggregate
Action

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