threatmonitoring

Threat monitoring is the ongoing collection, analysis, and dissemination of information about potential threats to an organization or system, with the aim of early detection, assessment, and timely response. It integrates cyber, physical, and reputational risks to support situational awareness for security and risk management teams.

Core activities include gathering data from internal telemetry (logs, network traffic, endpoints), external feeds (threat intelligence, advisories), and situational sources (social media, vendor reports). Analysts use correlation, anomaly detection, and enrichment of indicators of compromise to identify credible risks and priority.

Threat monitoring follows a lifecycle: data collection, normalization, correlation and alerting, triage and investigation, response and remediation, with feedback to improve models and controls. It is typically housed in security operations centers or integrated with risk programs, using dashboards and automation to reduce latency.

Benefits include faster detection, better risk visibility, and more effective incident response. Challenges include data volume, false positives, tool fragmentation, privacy concerns, and the need for skilled staff and automation to scale.

Standards and frameworks such as NIST SP 800-137 for continuous monitoring and MITRE ATT&CK for threat modeling are commonly referenced. Organizations deploy threat intelligence platforms or SOAR systems to coordinate data, analysis, and response.