Business Leaders Lack Understanding of Threat Intelligence
Business Leaders Lack Understanding of Threat Intelligence
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Publish Date: 2026-06-02 04:30:00
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Business leaders are unsure what threat intelligence is or how it can help them, potentially putting organizations at increased to cyber threats, a new research paper has warned.
Launched at Infosecurity Europe 2026, the Bridging the Gap Between Threat Intelligence and Business Risk paper by Silobreaker and the SANS Institute examines the gap between threat intelligence teams and other areas of the business differ in their understanding about security risks and how to combat them.
This ‘intelligence-stakeholder gap’ means that even if an organization has a threat intelligence team which produces relevant information for the organization to use, this information might fly under the radar or be misunderstood by business leaders.
Without proper acknowledgement or visibility of this work, many intelligence teams find it difficult to expand their services or get approvals for additional people, processes or technology to further protect the business. This could leave the organization vulnerable to cyber threats.
To close this gap, the Silobreaker paper says, threat intelligence teams must have a clear understanding of their stakeholders in the business, how to communicate with them and be aware of what types of results and outputs they need to hear about to ensure a meaningful and positive response.
“Threat intelligence only delivers value when it changes decisions. Too often, there’s a disconnect between what analysts uncover and what senior leaders need to prioritise risk and act with confidence,” said Geoff Brown, CEO of Silobreaker.
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Threat intelligence briefings and outputs must be designed to meet what senior leadership and risk management most urgently need to hear about.
According to the report, this includes clarity on enterprise exposure to inform relevant stakeholders on what the main cyber risks to the mission of the organization are.
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