id: "PM-16(01)" title: "Automated Means for Sharing Threat Intelligence" family: "PM" family_name: "Program Management" sort_id: "pm-16.01" priority: "P1" implementation_level: "organization" parent: "PM-16" enhancement: True


Statement

Employ automated mechanisms to maximize the effectiveness of sharing threat intelligence information.

Guidance

To maximize the effectiveness of monitoring, it is important to know what threat observables and indicators the sensors need to be searching for. By using well-established frameworks, services, and automated tools, organizations improve their ability to rapidly share and feed the relevant threat detection signatures into monitoring tools.

Assessment Objective

automated mechanisms are employed to maximize the effectiveness of sharing threat intelligence information.

Information security program plan

privacy program plan

threat awareness program policy

threat awareness program procedures

risk assessment results related to threat awareness

documentation about the cross-organization information-sharing capability

other relevant documents or records

Organizational personnel with information security and privacy program planning and plan implementation responsibilities

organizational personnel responsible for the threat awareness program

organizational personnel responsible for the cross-organization information-sharing capability

organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities

external personnel with whom threat awareness information is shared by the organization

Organizational processes for implementing the threat awareness program

organizational processes for implementing the cross-organization information-sharing capability

automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing the threat awareness program

automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing the cross-organization information-sharing capability