The main reason I’m such an avid supporter of Business Risk Intelligence (BRI) is because it provides value not just to cybersecurity teams but also to all business units across an enterprise. But how does BRI do this? As someone who has spent the last few years helping companies integrate BRI into their business strategies, I get asked this question fairly often. Here are a few use cases that demonstrate BRI’s enterprise-wide appeal with regard to the following business units:
Insider threat teams
Although most insider threat teams leverage certain types of intelligence to varying degrees, many rely largely on insider threat program (ITP) tools to support their threat detection efforts. Often marketed as all-in-one solutions, ITP tools combine and analyze disparate datasets to detect suspicious user behavior. As is the case with any security or intelligence offering, however, solutions that are truly all-in-one don’t really exist.
Rather than reactively searching for threats, BRI complements ITP tools by enabling teams to proactively monitor for malicious activity and identify trends. In one situation, a BRI-led investigation helped an insider threat team…
