# Integrating CTI into SOC and Incident Response Workflows

> Make intelligence change SOC and IR outcomes: enrichment, IOC lifecycle, detection handoffs, hunting, incident support and honest metrics.

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Last updated: 2026-10-28

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| Level | Advanced |
| Category | Cybersecurity |
| Lessons | 6 |
| XP | 100 |

**Purpose.** Connect CTI to the operational teams that act on it, so intelligence measurably improves triage, detection, hunting and incident response.

**Prerequisites.** Modules 1 to 4 of this path; working knowledge of SIEM and EDR concepts and of ATT&CK technique mapping (Learning Path 3).

**Outcomes.** By the end of the module you can:
- specify alert enrichment that changes triage decisions while protecting operational security
- assign IOC dispositions and expiry, and prevent blocklist incidents
- write behaviour-first detection requirements with verified ATT&CK mappings and telemetry needs
- write testable hunting hypotheses and report negative results with coverage caveats
- support incident response with scoped leads and measure CTI usefulness without vanity metrics

**Practical completion objective.** In the lab, turn a synthetic ISAC report into a detection engineering handoff package with ATT&CK mapping, indicator dispositions and validity dates, and two behavioural detection requirements.

## Lessons

1. Enriching Alerts with Threat Intelligence (15 min)
2. IOC Lifecycle, Expiry and Blocklist Risk (15 min)
3. The Detection Engineering Handoff (15 min)
4. Hunting Hypotheses from Intelligence (15 min)
5. CTI Support to Incident Response and Measuring Usefulness (15 min)
6. Lab: Produce a Detection Engineering Handoff (55 min)

## Related

- [Learning path: Threat Intelligence Operations and Sharing](https://codelivly.com/learning-paths/cti-operations-and-sharing)
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