We’ve all heard of the No-Fly List. Managed by the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Center, the list bans people on it from boarding commercial aircraft within, into, or out of the United States. The No-Fly List is only one tactic that the U.S. uses in its fight against terrorism, but since its inception there haven’t been any plane-based attacks within U.S. borders. Although the list is certainly not perfect — it has been criticized for profiling and false positives, among other things — its effectiveness makes this type of intelligence-based defense worthy of consideration by all organizations that are regularly targeted by cyberthreats.
Why Every Company Should Consider Creating a “Cyber No-Fly List”
Threat intelligence can help firms stop malicious traffic.
February 06, 2018
Summary.
The No-Fly List is only one tactic that the U.S. uses in its fight against terrorism, but since its inception there haven’t been any plane-based attacks within U.S. borders. Companies can use a cyber no-fly list to improve their security efforts, incorporating the latest threat intelligence to evaluate internet traffic. Today the threat indicators number in the hundreds of millions. Evaluating them effectively requires having powerful tools to identify the malicious traffic hidden in vast quantities of legitimate traffic. A cyber no-fly list can help companies block threats they are confident about and review potential threats that need closer attention.
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