{"id":6627,"date":"2018-11-26T13:56:54","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T08:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/?p=6627"},"modified":"2019-01-17T02:02:17","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T21:02:17","slug":"threat-intelligence-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/threat-intelligence-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Threat Intelligence Platform – An Essential Toolkit for Threat Detection"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the abrupt and ongoing acceleration in technology, cyber threats are getting more sophisticated. The stand-alone solutions are no more capable of ensuring full-proof security against the ever-changing threats and breaches.<\/p>\n

Threat attackers make use of advanced resources and techniques to break through the traditional network security solutions. They often make multiple attempts even for more than a year to breach sensitive data.<\/p>\n

Here are some terrifying stats of worst data breaches by Statista<\/a>. These threats can smear the reputation of any organization gained through years of struggle. You should take steps to protect your organization from being the next target.<\/p>\n

It is important to know about what, when, where, how and whos of any suspicious activity to eliminate the possible threats. This is where the threat intelligence<\/strong> comes into the scene.<\/p>\n

Having a threat-intelligence based security solution can help your organization to effectively battle against these dynamically changing threats<\/strong>. And while looking for such competent solution, I just happened to come across the Threat Intelligence Platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Threat Intelligence Platform<\/a><\/strong> provides you an easy to use threat intelligence tools and APIs. It helps you to get comprehensive details about targeted hosts and the complete infrastructure behind them. All this within very cost-effective pricing and promising results.<\/p>\n

I am feeling super satisfied with my decision to go for Threat Intelligence Platform<\/a>. So I am quite excited to share what\u2019s inside this incredible piece of software and why it\u2019s one of the best choices for you.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s get started!<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcab Threat Intelligence Platform<\/a><\/h2>\n

Threat Intelligence Platform<\/a>\u00a0gives you complete threat detection toolkit with pretty straight pricing<\/strong>. It provides you with intensive details of the targeted host and its infrastructure.<\/p>\n

For this, Threat Intelligence Platform performs real-time configuration analysis of host, collects information from different providers, and uses its rich databases compiled for over 10 years<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Threat Intelligence Platform is led by a talented mind and an inspiring leader, Jonathan Zhang<\/a>. His team has been striving for over 8 years to provide reliable marketing research, security, and other solutions.<\/p>\n

Their products are trusted by over 50,000 customers<\/strong> including Amazon, IBM, eBay, Apple Inc. and many more. I myself believe in the quality of their products after using them for a while.<\/p>\n

Now, switching back to the Threat Intelligence Platform<\/a> which provides you with an essential toolkit for threat detection. It includes a Threat Intelligence Analysis and Threat Intelligence APIs<\/strong>. Let\u2019s have a deep look at these tools.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udc3e Threat Intelligence Analysis<\/h2>\n

It is a web-based tool which you can use to analyze any site simply by entering its domain name.<\/p>\n

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For each domain, it performs the following checks.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udd0d IP Resolutions<\/h3>\n

Inspects IP addresses<\/strong> of the targeted host\u2019s domain along with their geographical distribution<\/strong>. This helps you to know the complete infrastructure behind the host. It includes detailed sections for main infrastructure servers, other domains on the same IP and connected domains.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcc8 Website Analysis<\/h3>\n

Analyzes the content<\/strong> of a website with respect to other domains as well as configuration<\/strong> issues<\/strong> of the host. Following sections are covered in it: Pages parsed<\/em>, Components<\/em>, Potentially dangerous content<\/em>, Host configuration issues<\/em>, Open ports and services<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcc3 SSL Certificate<\/h3>\n

Analyze domain’s SSL (HTTPS) certificates<\/strong> and test host’s SSL connection<\/strong> and configuration<\/strong>. Detailed Information is provided regarding Certificate chains, Issued to, Issued by, Certificate details, Certificate validity, and SSL vulnerabilities<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\ude08 Malware Detection<\/h3>\n

It performs a malware detection check<\/strong> using malware databases\/data feeds collected from all across the internet. If there is any malware-infected or dangerous site then it provides all the available details and reasons.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udcf0 WHOIS Record<\/h3>\n

It fetches and displays<\/strong> the WHOIS record of a domain name. It provides the following detailed sections: General information, Domain owner, Administrative Contact, Technical contact, Domain status, and Domain Check<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcea Mail Servers<\/h3>\n

For any given domain it checks the configuration of DNS MX records<\/strong> and affiliated mail servers.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcac Name Servers<\/h3>\n

Checks configuration of name servers<\/strong>, output details<\/strong>, and possible configuration issues<\/strong>. It gives you information about NS records, SOA record, Configuration check, Name servers respond<\/em> and so on.<\/p>\n

\u26a1 Threat Intelligence API<\/h2>\n

Threat Intelligence Platform provides you with a number of intelligent APIs. Let’s quickly go through them.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udd27 Domain\u2019s Infrastructure Analysis<\/h3>\n

Using this API you can get a detailed information of any domain and the complete infrastructure behind it<\/strong>. Such as connected subdomains\/networks along with their details, name servers, mail servers, geographical location and much more.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udd0f SSL Certificates Chain API<\/h3>\n

Using this API you can analyze any domain to get specifications of its SSL Certificate along with SSL Certificates Chain<\/strong>. You can easily integrate the resultant output data with your system as it is in unified JSON format and widely supported.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udcca SSL Configuration Analysis API<\/h3>\n

This API investigates a specific domain for various SSL configuration issues<\/strong> which can leave your site vulnerable to dangerous attacks. Therefore to protect your site it establishes an SSL connection to its host for evaluating its configuration to figure out possible configuration issues.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udd0e Domain Malware Check API<\/h3>\n

More and more sites are getting down due to malware infection. Therefore, Threat Intelligence API has a dedicated API for protecting your site from malware-infected hosts<\/strong>. It assigns the targeted site a safety score 0<\/em> being safe and 100<\/em> being malware infected.<\/p>\n

Besides this, it gives detailed warnings (if any) to help you know about potential attacks.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udd17 Connected Domains API<\/h3>\n

Using this API you obtain a list of domains associated with a single IP address<\/strong>. It helps you to analyze the complete infrastructure of connected domains. As sometimes it’s not the domain itself but the subdomain which is infected.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udd30 Domain Reputation Securing API<\/h3>\n

This API assigns a reputation score to the domain<\/strong> after analyzing it carefully using over 120 parameters and advanced algorithms. This score is in between 0 to 100 with 0 indicating the most dangerous hosts and 100 is for fully secure domains<\/strong>. It can help you to be aware of potentially dangerous sites to avoid any mishap or losses.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcb0 Pricing<\/h2>\n

Threat Intelligence Platform<\/a> offers very clear pricing<\/a><\/strong>. You can get its fully functional free trial<\/strong>. So you can give it a try right now without paying a single penny.<\/p>\n

Besides this, it offers a variety of one-time, monthly and yearly subscriptions<\/strong>. Once you have purchased a subscription, you directly get access to all components of the Threat Intelligence Platform.<\/p>\n

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With each subscription, you get a different number of credits<\/em>. The requests you make are then charged in credits depending on the tool.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcda Documentation and Support<\/h2>\n

Threat Intelligence Platform<\/a> provides comprehensive documentation for both Threat Analysis<\/a> and Threat Intelligent API<\/a>. It is so well curated and covers all the aspects<\/strong> of each product included in Threat Intelligence Platform.<\/p>\n

So you really don\u2019t need to have any expertise to start using it right away. Besides this, its active support team is also there to help you out in case of any query or issues.<\/p>\n

For getting support, you can fill out the contact us form available on the official site of the product. Or send your queries to support@threatintelligenceplatform.com<\/em>. You are going to get a response within 24 hours<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcaf Wrap Up<\/h2>\n

Threat Intelligence Platform<\/a> is one the most comprehensive threat detection toolkit. It includes a Threat Intelligence Analysis and Threat Intelligence APIs<\/strong>. These tools cover a wide variety of intelligent services and APIs. All of them are easy to use and helps you to protect your site from malicious attacks.<\/p>\n

Let’s just quickly take a glance at awesome stuff packed within Threat Intelligence Platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n