How to Build a Cyber Intelligence Workflow
Turn daily cybersecurity alerts into an actionable intelligence routine: collect, triage, verify, correlate, investigate and report — using OpenTrojan's daily intelligence, entity pages, tools and investigation workspace.
Quick Answer
A cyber intelligence workflow is a repeatable loop — collect daily alerts, triage by severity and KEV, verify evidence, correlate entities, start an investigation for open items, and report findings — turning raw signals into decisions.
Definition
A cyber intelligence workflow is a structured, repeatable process that converts raw security signals into verified, actionable intelligence through collection, triage, verification, correlation and investigation.
Answer first
Use the loop: Collect → Triage → Verify → Correlate → Investigate → Report.
1. Collect
Start each day with the OpenTrojan daily intelligence brief: new CVEs, campaigns, actor changes and KEV additions.
2. Triage
Rank by severity, CVSS, KEV status and relevance to your environment. KEV on-list beats off-list, regardless of score.
3. Verify
For each item, open the entity page, read the evidence and sources, and confirm details from primary publications (NVD, CISA, vendor advisories).
4. Correlate
Connect entities: which actors, campaigns, techniques and CVEs belong together? Use the knowledge graph and related-intelligence links.
5. Investigate
Open an investigation for anything requiring follow-up, track findings and open questions, and record your conclusions.
6. Report
Summarize the loop: what changed, what you verified, what you are acting on, and what remains open. Keep the evidence chain visible.
Tools that help
- Ask AI — ask questions grounded in the knowledge base.
- CVE Lookup and IOC Lookup — verify items.
- Investigation Workspace — track work.
References
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