N.1.05 Security Threat Assessment and Understanding
Control Overview
This control requires the organization to proactively gather, analyze, and act upon threat intelligence to prevent security incidents caused by unforeseen risks. Rather than reacting to breaches after they occur, the organization must regularly consult a diverse mix of automated tools, internal indicators, and trusted external sources to identify emerging cyber threats. These inputs must be analyzed to understand their specific impact on the corporate infrastructure, transformed into actionable threat profiles or risk scenarios, and used to continuously harden defenses.
Applicability Note: This control is fully applicable to the anDREa platform and directly shapes its proactive security posture.
Compliance & Strategic Approach
Our approach integrates continuous threat monitoring directly into our ISO/IEC 27001-based ISMS, linking threat intelligence seamlessly to our broader risk planning and mitigation workflows.
We do not view threat intelligence as a passive reading list. Instead, we run a structured ingest process that captures internal telemetry alongside real-time external security bulletins. When a relevant threat is identified, it is analyzed against the specific components of the anDREa technology stack. Validated threats are immediately documented as official risk scenarios and assigned follow-up mitigation actions. This closed-loop process ensures that our security posture dynamically evolves alongside the global threat landscape.
Control Mappings & Evidence
| Framework / Document Reference | Element & Identifier | Description / Relationship to NIS 2 |
|---|---|---|
| ISO/IEC 27001 | Clause 6 - Planning | Ensures threat trends and risk scenarios are directly integrated into the strategic risk treatment plan. |
| ISO/IEC 27001 | A.05.07 - Threat intelligence | Mandates the collection, processing, and analysis of information regarding information security threats. |
| Internal Telemetry Sources | Internal Security Feeds | Automated logs and alerting including Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Google Workspace Alert Center, SonarCloud, GitHub Dependabot, and manual user reports. |
| External Intelligence Feeds | RSS Security | Automated RSS feeds from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NL), CERT bulletins, and upstream vendor-specific advisories (Azure and Google). |
| Risk Tracking & Collaboration | A.05.07 - Threat intelligence | The formal audit trail where threat profiles are categorized, assessed for impact, and assigned technical remediation actions. |
| Real-time Comms Channel | Google Chat: Security | Dedicated, monitored internal channel used for rapid dissemination, discussion, and preliminary triaging of emerging zero-days or anomalies. |
Audit Summary
- Compliance Status: Fully Compliant
- Gaps Identified: None material. Continuous Improvement: While operational workflows are complete, explicitly documenting the designated process owner and exact review intervals within the policy text will further formalize the practice for future audit cycles.