The Importance of OT Threat Intelligence Within the Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF)
Summary: The UK's National Cyber Security Centre developed the Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) to define top-level cybersecurity outcomes for organisations performing essential functions, applying to UK Critical National Infrastructure, Operators of Essential Services, and organisations subject to NIS regulations. The CAF references threat intelligence several times and specifically calls for "threat intelligence feeds based on your business needs and sector," which the article says must be operationalised across tactical, operational, and strategic use cases.
Key Takeaway: The CAF explicitly requires sector-specific threat intelligence feeds, so Operators of Essential Services that treat intelligence as a reporting exercise rather than something wired into SIEM/XDR, hunting, and vulnerability prioritisation will fall short of the framework's stated outcomes.
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