Generating Threat Intelligence Reports

Generating Threat Intelligence Reports

Overview

Cybersecurity skill for generating threat intelligence reports. Follows industry best practices and security standards.

When to Use

Trigger phrases:

• "generating threat intelligence reports"
• "Producing weekly, monthly, or quarterly threat intelligence summaries for securi"
• "Creating a rapid intelligence assessment in response to a breaking threat (e"
• "Generating sector-specific threat briefings for executive decision-making on sec"

Use this skill when:

• Producing weekly, monthly, or quarterly threat intelligence summaries for security leadership
• Creating a rapid intelligence assessment in response to a breaking threat (e.g., new zero-day, active ransomware campaign)
• Generating sector-specific threat briefings for executive decision-making on security investments

Do not use this skill for raw IOC distribution — use TIP/MISP for automated IOC sharing and reserve report generation for analyzed, finished intelligence.

When NOT to Use

• When you lack proper authorization for testing
• For production systems without change management
• When the task requires legal or compliance expertise beyond technical scope

Prerequisites

• Completed analysis from collection and processing phase (PIRs partially or fully answered)
• Audience profile: technical level, decision-making authority, information classification clearance
• TLP classification decision for the product
• Organization-specific reporting template aligned to audience expectations

Workflow

# Example: IOC detection
import re

IOC_PATTERNS = {
    "ip": r"\b(?:\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}\b",
    "domain": r"\b[a-z0-9-]+\.[a-z]{2,}\b",
    "hash_md5": r"\b[a-f0-9]{32}\b",
    "hash_sha256": r"\b[a-f0-9]{64}\b",
}

def extract_iocs(text: str) -> dict:
    return {k: re.findall(v, text) for k, v in IOC_PATTERNS.items()}

1. Define Objectives — Clarify the goals and scope for threat intelligence reports.
2. Gather Resources — Collect tools, data, and access needed for threat intelligence reports.
3. Execute Process — Carry out threat intelligence reports operations methodically.
4. Verify Quality — Check results against acceptance criteria.
5. Document Outcomes — Record findings, decisions, and next steps.

Tools

• Analysis Platform — Data processing and visualization
• Collaboration Tools — Team coordination and knowledge sharing

Process

1. Scope — Define research questions, identify data sources, set time boundaries
2. Gather — Collect data from primary sources, APIs, and public records
3. Synthesize — Analyze findings, identify patterns, produce actionable report

Verification

• All threat intelligence reports procedures executed completely and documented
• Findings validated against multiple data sources
• False positives identified and filtered
• Results documented with evidence and timestamps
• Recommendations provided with risk-based prioritization

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