Tools enhance cybersecurity initiatives

The National Security Agency (NSA) has developed a set of tools, called Unfetter, designed to bolster cybersecurity initiatives.

Officials said Unfetter offers critical research insights to anyone, positioning decision-makers in various industries to incorporate network-protection techniques.

The NSA said the effort creates a common lexicon to describe the intelligence for users’ consumption, including an Analytic Exchange app that helps threat analysts publish and share analytics, encouraging collaboration.

Unfetter’s Capability Assessment app helps network defenders assess security capabilities, critical controls, and analytics from the Exchange, officials said, noting its Threat Dashboard app helps threat intelligence analysts build detailed reports about threat actors’ behavior, attackers’ techniques, and the tools used. Threat intelligence team v v MBs can then track and share these reports with their customers.

The software can be downloaded and customized at www.unfetter.io.

NSA officials said the organization’s mission is to help protect the nation daily, espousing the benefits innovations.

Officials said cyberthreats are real, growing, and among the biggest security challenges that public and private institutions face, acknowledging the internet and connected systems are interwoven into the fabric of the public’s daily life and the economy would not function without them.

The NSA referenced such dependency introduces new and evolving cyber threats, placing networks at risk.