Google Threat Intelligence (Mandiant) vs. IBM X-Force Exchange

Usually SOC leverages Intel from mutiple sources. The scenarios are: 1.Suitable: In large scale SOC where more than 5000 devices are being monitored and the tech stack is wide, Mandiant will play an excellent role in that scenario. 2.Not Suitable: In small scale SOCs wherein limited devices belonging to the same tech stack is being used then the analysts can rely on OSINT and it is not useful to buy the solution.

Incentivized

IBM X-Force is well suited for organizations with medium to large SOC's and run IBM Qradar as their SIEM.

Incentivized

• accelerated threat response feature, prioritizing threats according to requirement.
• Optimization of the threat intelligence , and can be integrated with 3rd party tools.
• Features like - Breach ,Adversary, Machine and Operational Intelligence.
• Mandiant dynamic host and the malware views along with indicators.

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• Ready made security research on threats.
• Security Intel
• Integrate threat intel feeds with SIEMs.

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• Paywalls exist throughout the data set and can halt an investigation without the right model
• Some data was incomplete or broken up between pay tiers
• Navigation through the data lacked a definitive trail or breadcrumbs to retrace steps during investigations

Incentivized

• Pruning of IOC to reduce false positives.
• Add more flexibility to integration on SIEMs to allow users to compare UserAgents, Compromised users/domains like HIBP.
• Only watch vulnerabilities for selected vendors.

Incentivized

Mandiant Advantage Threat Intelligence has a very usable platform, with well-differentiated sections for the analyst, as well as the possibility of cross-searching to obtain the desired results. All this is presented with an interface that is easy on the eye and not very messy, which increases productivity and the speed with which work is done.

Incentivized

It gives more ways to analyze threats and options to fixed it. This device gives more visibility on vulnerability detection and its analysis. It provides detailed reports to have more information of all malwares which help us to increase overall security of our current organization

Incentivized

IBM X-force is community-based and crowd strike is not. Community-based will always be best-effort quality.

Incentivized

• Improved incident response time
• Specific investigations that have reduced the attack surface
• Technical reports on threats not controlled by the bank's local team

Incentivized

• Threat Intel - Low Confidence IOC - Overhead.
• Lack of integration with IBM Qradar+Vulnerability via X-Force.

Incentivized