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Continuous Improvement

The organization shall establish a continuous improvement process for threat intelligence management, driving ongoing enhancement of intelligence effectiveness and value. The process shall include mechanisms for identifying improvement opportunities, implementing changes, and measuring results, drawing inputs from intelligence reviews, incident analysis, and best practice benchmarking.

Requirement ID
THR-001-R010
Parent Control
Domain Code

Requirement Details & Guidance

THR-001-R010 · THR-001
Why This Requirement Exists

A governed threat intelligence capability ensures intelligence is relevant, reliable, actionable, and aligned with business risk.

Implementation Guidance

Define intelligence ownership, requirements, collection priorities, quality criteria, dissemination rules, and review processes. Align intelligence with SOC, incident response, vulnerability, and risk functions.

Practical Application & Audit Readiness

THR-001-R010 · Field Guidance

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    Common Audit Findings

      Common Mistakes

        Best Practices & Ownership

        THR-001 · Recommended Approach

        Recommended Practices

          Typical Owner

          Cross-Mapped Regulatory Frameworks

          Harmonized Control Mappings
          FRAMEWORK CODE FRAMEWORK NAME & DETAILS FAMILY / CATEGORY VERSION ACTION
          ISO27001 ISO/IEC 27001 ISO/IEC 27001 specifies auditable requirements for... Clause: 10.1 – Continual improvement
          ISO
          Standard
          v2022 View →
          RBI-CSF RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set... Clause: Circular §5 – Identification/assessment of inherent cyber risks and controls; 19) Incident Response & Management – 19(c) Collection and sharing of threat information from local/national/international sources
          India
          Regulation
          vLatest View →
          SEBI-CSCRF SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor... Clause: 2.2 ID.RA: Risk Assessment; 4.2 DE.DP: Detection Process
          India
          Regulation
          vLatest View →
          DORA Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis... Clause: Article 13(1) – Capabilities and staff to gather/analyse vulnerability, threat and incident information Article 19(2) – Voluntary notification of significant cyber threats
          EU
          Regulation
          vCurrent View →
          ISO27002 ISO/IEC 27002 ISO/IEC 27002 is a guidance standard containing a... Clause: 5.7 – Threat intelligence
          ISO
          Standard
          v2022 View →
          NIS2 NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri... Clause: Article 21(2)(b) – Incident handling
          EU
          Directive
          vCurrent View →
          NIST-CSF NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev... Clause: ID.RA – Risk Assessment | ID.RA-02 – Cyber threat intelligence is received from information sharing forums and sources ID.RA – Risk Assessment | ID.RA-03 – Internal and external threats to the organization are identified and recorded
          NIST
          Framework
          v2 View →
          NIST80053 NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i... Clause: 3.13 – PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, 3.19 – SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY; PM-16 – THREAT AWARENESS PROGRAM, SI-5 – SECURITY ALERTS, ADVISORIES, AND DIRECTIVES, Advisories, And Directives
          NIST
          Control Catalog
          vRev. 5 View →
          SOC2 SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting... Clause: CC3.2 – Risk Assessment – COSO Principle 7: The entity identifies risks to the achievement of its objectives across the entity and analyzes risks as a basis for determining how the risks should be managed. CC7.1 – System Operations – To meet its objectives, the entity uses detection and monitoring procedures to identify (1) changes to configurations that result in the introduction of new vulnerabilities, and (2) susceptibilities to newly discovered vulnerabilities. CC4.1 – Monitoring of Controls – COSO Principle 16: The entity selects, develops, and performs ongoing and/or separate evaluations to ascertain whether the components of internal control are present and functioning. CC4.2 – Monitoring of Controls – COSO Principle 17: The entity evaluates and communicates internal control deficiencies in a timely manner to those parties responsible for taking corrective action, including senior management and the board of directors, as appropriate.
          AICPA
          Audit Framework
          vLatest View →

          Parent Domain Context

          Governance Domain Baseline
          Domain Name:
          Threat Intelligence & Threat Management (THR)
          Purpose:
          To proactively identify, assess, and manage threats to the organization.
          Scope:
          Enterprise

          Parent Control Context

          Control Baseline
          Control Name:
          Threat Intelligence Management (THR-001)
          Summary:
          Establishes threat intelligence management including source management, collection, analysis, validation, dissemination, integration, reporting, review, and continuous improvement.
          Business Description:
          Establish and maintain processes to collect, analyze, correlate, validate, operationalize, and share cyber threat intelligence from internal and external sources.