In today's rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape, staying ahead of potential threats requires effective threat intelligence sharing and streamlined incident response processes. The new integration between RTIR (Request Tracker for Incident Response) and the MISP Threat Sharing platform brings together two powerful tools to enhance your organization's security posture.
What is MISP?
MISP is an open-source threat intelligence platform designed to facilitate the sharing, storing, and correlation of structured threat information. It enables organizations to share indicators of compromise (IOCs) and other threat data with trusted partners, improving collective threat detection and response capabilities.
It works like a social network for cyber threats. It's a free, open-source platform that security professionals use to share valuable information about malware, vulnerabilities, and other threats. Imagine a bulletin board where everyone can post details about the latest cyber dangers they've encountered. This shared knowledge helps everyone stay informed and better prepared to defend against attacks.
Integrating with RTIR
Installing the MISP extension with RTIR offers several advantages:
Seamless Threat Intelligence Sharing: Automatically pull threat data from MISP into RTIR, creating incidents based on the latest threat intelligence.
Enhanced Incident Context: Access detailed threat information from MISP directly within RTIR incidents, enriching your incident response process.
Streamlined Incident Management: Create and update MISP events from within RTIR, ensuring that your threat intelligence remains current and comprehensive.
You can see how the integration works in this short video demo.
Key Features
Consume Event Feeds from MISP
After configuring the MISP integration, RTIR's External Feeds page will include a new MISP option. This feed pulls in events from MISP based on the configured number of days. From this feed display, you can create new RTIR tickets with information from the MISP events. If something from the feed impacts a service your team manages, you can then assign the incident for someone to research whether any action is needed for a particular threat.
MISP Portlet on Incident Display
On the Incident Display page in RTIR, if the custom field "MISP Event ID" has a value, a portlet named "MISP Event Details" will display details pulled from the MISP event via the MISP REST API. This provides quick access to valuable threat intelligence directly within RTIR. A link is also provided, so you can easily click to load the full MISP event if you need more details.
Update MISP Event
For incidents with a MISP Event ID, the Actions menu includes an option to "Update MISP Event." Selecting this action updates the existing MISP event with data from the RTIR incident ticket, ensuring that the threat intelligence remains up-to-date.
MISP has a defined RTIR object, and these attributes are automatically populated when you update the MISP event from RTIR.
RTIR Incident information uploaded to MISP.
Create MISP Event
If the MISP Event ID field is empty, the Actions menu shows an option to "Create MISP Event." This creates a new event in MISP with details from the RTIR incident ticket, facilitating the sharing of new threat intelligence.
Benefits of the Integration
Integrating RTIR with MISP provides several key benefits:
Improved Efficiency: Automate the process of creating and updating incidents based on threat intelligence, reducing manual effort and speeding up response times.
Enhanced Collaboration: Share threat data seamlessly between organizations, improving collective threat detection and response.
Comprehensive Threat Management: Access detailed threat intelligence within incident tickets, providing context and aiding in more effective incident response.
Conclusion
The integration of RTIR and MISP offers a powerful combination for enhancing threat intelligence sharing and incident response processes. By automating the flow of threat data and providing detailed context within incident tickets, this integration helps organizations stay ahead of potential threats and respond more effectively.
If you haven't already, we encourage you to set up this integration and experience the benefits for yourself. For more information, visit bestpractical.com or contact our team.