Threat intel is a game changer, if only firms can figure out how to bake it into cyber programs News Highlights: Threat intel is a game changer, if only firms can figure out how to bake it into cyber programs. Businesses sometimes struggle to make the constant stream of threat intelligence separated from the cybersecurity community operational, be it from independent researchers or massive vendors like Microsoft. (Microsoft) Having a solid cyber threat intelligence program will be more relevant than ever for organizations in 2021. More companies are moving onlinecybercrime such as ransomware continues to grow rapidly, and state-sponsored advanced persistent threat groups target the weakest links in hardware and software supply chains to compromise targets downstream.