Risk Intelligence

Using intelligence to drive better security

The Verizon Business RISK Team actively collects and analyzes seven primary types of risk intelligence:

Threat & Vulnerability Intelligence

We continuously track new vulnerabilities and related attacks and assess how they impact information risk.

Underground Intelligence

Surveillance of numerous criminal community resources help us know what the bad guys are discussing, sharing, planning and doing.

ICSA Labs

ICSA Labs, an independent division of Verizon Business, performs vendor-neutral certification testing of hundreds of security products.

Investigative Response

The Verizon Business IR team investigates hundreds of data compromise cases per year around the globe. Extensive metrics on all aspects of a breach are systematically recorded during each case.

Managed Security Services

Verizon Business manages and monitors firewalls, IDS, IPS, and other network devices for many of the world's largest companies.

Net Intelligence

Over one million sensors, honeypots and honeynets are dispersed throughout our Internet backbone. Powerful data analysis engines enable near real-time examination of nefarious activity around the globe.

Studies & Surveys

Several ongoing and many point-in-time studies are conducted each year to better understand, qualify, and quantify information security risk. Publicly available external data sources are mined for relevant information as well.