Google is adding yet another threat actor naming system to the cybersecurity sector, but it’s taking out two others in the process by merging Mandiant and its Threat Analysis Group.
Four years after signing its $5.4 billion deal to buy Mandiant, Google said it was merging its naming schemes with the one used by the security firm to create a central system for its Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG).
In a blog post shared July 25, GTIG said the cryptonym-based schema would help it standardise tracking across platforms and ‘align’ with industry standard systems by using two-word combinations.
