USE CASE
Integrating OSINT into Security Operations: Faster Insights and Strengthened Threat Detection with Indago
Executive Summary
In a modern enterprise Security Operations Center (SOC), open-source intelligence plays a growing role in augmenting threat detection, contextualizing alerts, and identifying adversary infrastructure. However, the OSINT team struggled with scattered tools, manual aggregation, and siloed reporting that often lagged behind SOC workflows.
After adopting Indago, the OSINT cell transformed its support function—producing near-real-time insights aligned to SOC priorities, generating actionable leads for threat hunting, and cutting production time by 60%. Indago has become a critical bridge between open data and SOC action.
About The Analyst
The OSINT professional supports the SOC by monitoring dark web forums, social media, technical blogs, and breach data for signs of emerging threats, leaked credentials, or chatter related to targeted sectors. Their outputs feed into alerts, threat hunts, and incident investigations, often requiring rapid turnarounds and structured reporting for Tier 2 analysts and incident responders.
The Challenge
Scattered Intelligence Sources: Tracking adversaries required switching across tabs, platforms, and unstructured feeds.
Manual Reporting: Insights were compiled manually in Word and PDFs, causing delays and inconsistencies.
Limited Contextual Integration: OSINT reports were often detached from SOC alert pipelines or lacked technical specificity.
Impact of the Problems
Delayed Threat Correlation: By the time insights were delivered, alerts had moved past the triage window.
Reduced SOC Impact: OSINT wasn’t fully leveraged, remaining a side channel instead of a force multiplier.
Analyst Frustration: Valuable intelligence was often lost in translation or underused by technical teams.
Results
60% TIME REDUCTION
Faster intel-to-action cycles support live investigations.
INCREASED ALERT CONTEXT
SOC analysts now receive OSINT briefs embedded with indicators and adversary TTPs.
STRONGER COLLABORATION
The OSINT-SOC relationship has evolved from reactive to integrated.
THREAT VISIBILITY UPGRADE
Proactive monitoring of adversary chatter now informs risk posture and response prioritization.
Tailored Needs
The OSINT team required a platform that could:
Rapidly aggregate and synthesize diverse open-source inputs, including social, dark web, and technical forums.
Align outputs with SOC standards and frameworks (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK).
Enable seamless collaboration with threat hunters and Tier 2 analysts.
Provide consistent, fast-turnaround reporting with strong citation and validation capabilities.
Indago’s Solutions
Multi-Source Data Fusion: Indago ingests and structures intelligence from OSINT feeds, breach data, and forums into a unified workspace.
Template-Driven Output: Reports align with SOC playbooks—actor profiles, domain infrastructure, breach alerts—ready for immediate operational use.
Smart Citations and Bias Detection: Indago highlights source credibility and flags anomalies for validation.
SOC Workflow Integration: Outputs are timed to incident lifecycles, aligning with investigation and escalation paths.
Looking Ahead
The OSINT team plans to expand its use of Indago into predictive threat assessments, cross-sector monitoring, and executive threat summaries. With cyber and human intelligence increasingly intertwined, Indago enables the SOC to stay ahead of adversaries by turning public data into a strategic asset.
See Indago In Action
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