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What is Recorded Future?

Recorded Future is the world’s largest threat intelligence company. Recorded Future’s Intelligence Cloud provides end-to-end intelligence across adversaries, infrastructure, and targets. Indexing the internet across the open web, dark web, and technical sources, Recorded Future provides real-time visibility into an expanding attack surface and threat landscape, empowering clients to act with speed and confidence to reduce risk and securely drive business forward. Headquartered in Boston with offices and employees around the world, Recorded Future works with over 1,800 businesses and government organizations across more than 75 countries to provide real-time, unbiased and actionable intelligence. Learn more at recordedfuture.com.

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Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud elevates your existing security defenses by enhancing the depth and breadth of protection by giving you insights into threats and attacks before they impact, so you can stay ahead of attackers, at the speed and scale of today’s threat environment.


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Recorded Future is the world’s largest threat intelligence company. Recorded Future’s Intelligence Cloud provides end-to-end intelligence across adversaries, infrastructure, and targets. Indexing the internet across the open web, dark web, and technical sources, Recorded Future provides real-time visibility into an expanding attack surface and threat landscape, empowering clients to act with speed and confidence to reduce risk and securely drive business forward. Headquartered in Boston with offices and employees around the world, Recorded Future works with over 1,600 businesses and government organizations across more than 74 countries to provide real-time, unbiased and actionable intelligence. Learn more at recordedfuture.com.


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Vivek J.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Powerful threat intelligence tool for brand protection."
Depth of insight and easy of use UI. Cloud platform that provides end-end intelligence from adversaries to infrasture. Good visibility through Re...
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Verified UserEnterprise (> 1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Strong, experience and knowledgeable team"
Rich collection of data and Excellent team
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Pagidipalli G.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Recorded Future TI was Good, but more enrichement is needed about IOC's"
Threat Intelligence and Sandboxing and Extension
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Recorded Future Media

Recorded Future Demo - Recorded Future Intelligence Card
Intelligence Cards bundle essential information related to a specific investigation topic, like a technical indicator, malware family, or software vulnerability. Intelligence Cards are a starting point for triage, and are pivot points during an investigation.
Recorded Future Demo - Recorded Future Threat Intelligence Home Screen
View the most relevant information tailored to your role, including a Threat Map tailored to your organization, threat research from Insikt Group, priority alerts, live trend/risk data, and more.
Recorded Future Demo - Recorded Future Browser Extension
We offer browser extensions for Google Chrome, Opera, Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari which make it easy to pull up Recorded Future's Intelligence Cards on the following indicator types: IP address, file hashes, domains, vulnerabilities, malware, and threat actor (groups).
Recorded Future Demo - Security Rating
Cybersecurity is complicated. Understanding cyber risk doesn't have to be. See our Security Rating at: https://securityscorecard.com/security-rating/recordedfuture.com
A new vision of threat intelligence: AI-driven Threat Intelligence. A threat intelligence platform designed specifically with AI, not as an afterthought or a bolt on.
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A new vision of threat intelligence: AI-driven Threat Intelligence. A threat intelligence platform designed specifically with AI, not as an afterthought or a bolt on.
Discover NOV's strategic approach to cybersecurity in the energy sector using Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud.
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Discover NOV's strategic approach to cybersecurity in the energy sector using Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud.
Learn how Toyota Motor North America integrates Identity Intelligence into their cybersecurity framework to strengthen their defense against cyber threats.
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Learn how Toyota Motor North America integrates Identity Intelligence into their cybersecurity framework to strengthen their defense against cyber threats.
Shane Ripley, Alice McCracken, and David Willett share invaluable insights into the evolving cyber threat landscape and proactive defence mechanisms.
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Shane Ripley, Alice McCracken, and David Willett share invaluable insights into the evolving cyber threat landscape and proactive defence mechanisms.

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What do you like best about Recorded Future?

RF's platform is easy to use, moderately easy to integrate into other systems and does an excellent job of making a vast amount of data and information digestable and accessable.

Customer support and engagement is stellar, with updates about new features, advice on how to optimise use of current licenses and tailored suggestions based on current activity and threats. They are not just trying to sell more to you, as some vendors do.

(Context; I use the tool repeatedly on a daily basis). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Recorded Future?

Some issues with connections to other platforms. Support have generally been willing, but some issues have persisted. They are minor and have generally been easy to work around while fixes are developed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Recorded Future solving and how is that benefiting you?

Detection of impersonation and fraud attacks, potential leaked credentials or attacks being staged and TI provided for analysis of other activity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness
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Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Recorded Future?

Great UI, easy to search, powerful advanced queries.

Recently added AI function helps save time researching.

The browser extension is awesome and I use it everyday together with our other cybersecurity tools. easy to integrate,

The Sandbox Analysis is included in the offer and works great to detonate malware, analyze suspicious URLs, allows to interact with the session and provides excellent detail. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Recorded Future?

The tool has a learning curve and requires some initial setup and fine tuning, but account management team provided great help.

Cost is high and you have to buy modules and seats and the APIs are also expensive, though the value is substantial.

Leaked Credentials alerts generate a lot of false positives.

The recent acquisition by MasterCard may be a concern for some. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Recorded Future solving and how is that benefiting you?

Provides high quality feed of IOCs with Risk Score and we use the API to integrate this with our other Cybersecurity tools

Lets us search the Dark Web and I was able to create alerts for leaked credentials, which helps us quickly identify users at risk and take actions to reset account passwords, delete unused accounts, revoke MFA sessions, etc.

A great help to do proactive threat research and also automate some of our processes

Dealing with RF tech support and the account managers truly feels like a partnership

The Brand module helps us discover typosquat domains, code leaks, discussions of our brand on dark web markets, and immediately initiate takedowns directly within Recorded Future

The included Sandbox service is a great help to our SOC when investigating cyber incidents, and the sandbox is of a very good quality Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer & Network Security
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What do you like best about Recorded Future?

Recorded Future is one of the best tools of its type: Intelligence Gathering and Curating. The features provided by Recorded Future like The Sandbox, The query builder, the modules, the collective-intelligence connectors, etc are beneficial. I like the Threat Intelligence module and the queries and dashboards you can create and share with others. The different views are very useful for analysis. Researching data on Recorded Future is not difficult after going through the initial learning curve. I learned about many malware, exploits, PoCs, threat actors, artifacts, IOCs, etc. This tool along with the XDR and Phishing Prevention tools from other vendors makes threat research very effective. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Recorded Future?

The pricing is a bit steep and the fact they hold information and turn into modules is disappointing.

If you want to search for some company/entity you can find quite some info. The moment you start searching on your partners and third-party vendors, sometimes information is under the Third-Party Modules. This is very disappointing and it only causes concern about what other current modules' information will be split and extended into paid add-ons in the future. The identity module is good too but is a one-trick pony. The whole interface is pointless. All you need is an API for this type of integration instead of a whole module that does only one thing. The data ingestion for that module is very inaccurate and not the fastest. Credential dumps are urgent. and need more care. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Recorded Future solving and how is that benefiting you?

Recorded Future is helping us research threats, threat actors, IOCs, and create alerts on different artficats. It is helping finding useful breach information on our users' corporate email usage on external websites.

It helps us in finding typosquats of tools we use and also our organization. The reputation cards are useful too. The sandbox is very useful. It is helping in investigating phishing links and malware files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Recorded Future?

Recorded Future provides us with near real-time visibility into emerging threats and It allows us to continuously monitor our digital landscape to identify potential risks. The quality of the intelligence being generated is excellent and timely compared to all other providers we've tested. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Recorded Future?

The UI can feel a little dated and navigating it can be confusing. The Advanced Query Builder is incredibly powerful but requires you to have prior knowledge of the various filters to make the best use of it. It's also expensive but as usual, you get what you pay for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Recorded Future solving and how is that benefiting you?

Recorded Future's various modules address several of our critical security challenges:

The brand module monitors online conversations and identifies potential brand risks, such as reputation damage or phishing attacks.

The threat module detects emerging threats and provides insights into attack vectors and tactics specific to our industry and organization.

The attack surface module maps our complex organization's digital footprint to identify vulnerabilities and potential entry points for attackers.

The identity module protects sensitive data by monitoring for identity theft and unauthorized access attempts.

Finally, the secops module integrates with existing security tools to streamline incident response and improve overall security operations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
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What do you like best about Recorded Future?

As a cyber threat intelligence analyst, I appreciate how quickly I can research vulnerabilities and determine their relevance to my organization. The risk rules triggered for each vulnerability are incredibly helpful in assessing criticality. The sandboxing feature is pretty good for safe exploration of the dark web to find information published by ransomware groups or other malicious actors. There were several instances where I visited ransomware extortion page, that supposedly leaked company data, to check the legitimacy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Recorded Future?

Both custom and predefined alerts generate lot of false positives. Despite extensive fine-tuning, manual efforts. Human intelligence are often required to filter out these inaccuracie. The tool lacks the capability to identify documents containing sensitive company data. Also pricing is quite expensive, I feel. I would have to agree that there are lot of good than bad. With its few flaws also I would always prefer RF over most of the Tools available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Recorded Future solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps in vulnerability research, threat trend analysis, and offering leaked data from darkweb. It helps quickly determine the relevance and criticality of vulnerabilities, understand the broader context of threat campaigns. What I felt is RF is not trying to spoon fed, in terms of giving alerts where you wouldn't have to anything, but rather its giving everything, all capabilities, where you can surf through the informations to identify whats relevant for you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Recorded Future?

Recorded Future platform is best in terms of gathering threat intel data related to various threat actors & malware. Intel data is almost updated & recorded future platform provides a detailed list of IOC's, mentions over the internet about that threat actor, Vulnerabilities it can exploit. This helps my security team to build monthly data for all threat actors & malware trying to target my company & its all based on watch lists which a user can create. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Recorded Future?

Nothing much as of now. Only thing which can be improved is file sandbox details, It good as of today but I think more detailed explaining & results should be displayed, Otherwise I think its best in Industry Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Recorded Future solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps to prioritize the detections we need for our environment. Provides detailed analysis any Malware & threat actor which helps in creating threat actor profile. Provides quality threat intelligence which is better than OSINT platforms, provides vulnerability intelligence, which helps us to prioritize the vulnerability patching . Helps us to detect Typosquatting Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Recorded Future?

In this upscaling world, threat intel is a buzz word. Security techies now-a-days are very cautious that they are feeding enriched data. But the source of truth is not hihglighted, depriving the consumers the required transperancy to make decisions.

Recorded Future has this amazing feature that straight away shows the source of truth, gives you the factual scenario, without any adultration. It is commendable how they have introduced AI to automate workflows within the platform.

It is great how Recorded Future provides ease of integration across multiple platforms with just one API and supports development of new functionalities by making these APIs freely available.

The platform is managed well by the backend team with literally no major down time experience ever. This has made it easy for the users to implemnt new features and not worry about maintaining the platform.

The support team is on point and promt.

Recorded Future is a part of our daily operations. Major use cases have been set to generate alerts, including cutom and legacy rules.

It is beautiful how Recorded Future brings ease of advance searches, advance analystics, regular monitoring and covers all the aspects of intelligence, in a very structurized manner.

It has built it self well to cater to the needs of an analyst, a manager and a CXO. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Recorded Future?

Sometimes getting a new entity curated within the platform can be a challenge. There is no customization available to curate new sources. Even thoug Recorded Future has plenty of sources, such requirements can be viewed as a must to have, given business involvement at customer end. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Recorded Future solving and how is that benefiting you?

Recorded Future has given visibility to the deep and dark web and helped the organisation proactively monitor for any footprint. A major achievement was to gain visibility to credential leakage, third party risk and brand intelligence. These are a few domians which require a lot of customisation and specification. This was a mjor challenge that Recorded Future solved.

Recorded Future has also helped our team to prioritize actionale data and bifurcate between global and custom intelligence. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
AE
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What do you like best about Recorded Future?

It gives me complete control. I have the ability to squeeze exactly what I'm looking for out of the platform, tightening or loosening my queries to make sure I can answer my hypothesis as accurately as possible. I also enjoy trying to think of new use cases. The platform's data set is so rich, it is a veritable sandbox of threat intelligence that has the potential to meet so many new and innovative use cases for my team. Thinking of new ways to slice that data is lots of fun, not to mention useful once you find that sweet use case you may not have even realised you had a need for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Recorded Future?

Sometimes I find the data categories a bit confusing. It would be good to see a slice of the data that sits within those categories before using them in a query. For an example, "Public Messaging" is not particularly self-explanatory. Is Twitter included in there or in "Social Media"? That's a simple example, but it would be good to have examples of the sorts of data in those categories at my fingertips while I'm building queries. The same goes for some of the specific sources. I know the Credential Leaks category contains a number of sources, such as the monthly combo lists. It would be good to see what sources are included while building a query. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Recorded Future solving and how is that benefiting you?

RF keeps us up to date on new credential leaks, phishing kits, threat actor activity, brand mentions in data leaks (including ransomware data leaks), and we use it daily to research specific items such as domains, IPs etc. I have a few custom alerts setup, such as notifications on any new Sigma rules which I use to form new threat hunts and custom detections. This is all keeping us "left of boom", shifting our defences away from reactive and into the proactive space. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Construction
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What do you like best about Recorded Future?

One of the best aspects of Recorded Future is its comprehensive coverage of threat intelligence, which integrates well with existing security frameworks. The platform delivers real-time threat data, allowing for proactive detection of vulnerabilities and quick responses to incidents. It offers a wide array of intelligence types, from vulnerability to geopolitical intelligence, making it highly versatile across different use cases. Additionally, the dashboard is user-friendly, customizable, and regularly updated, making it easy to navigate for both analysts and administrators​. The customer support is also excellent, offering quick and effective assistance whenever needed. Our company utilizes Recorded Future daily for threat enrichment and comprehensive analysis of alerts as part of our Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) operations. It plays a crucial role in ensuring timely and accurate threat assessments for our customers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Recorded Future?

While the platform is powerful, it can be challenging for new users to fully utilize without extensive training. The learning curve is steep, particularly for advanced features like the query builder and integrations. Another downside is that Recorded Future can be costly, especially for smaller organizations, and the volume of email alerts can be overwhelming without proper configuration. The implementation process, while generally smooth, requires attention to detail, particularly for integrations with other cybersecurity tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Recorded Future solving and how is that benefiting you?

Recorded Future helps address several key business problems for our organization, particularly as an MSSP. It enhances our ability to quickly assess and respond to threats by enriching raw data and contextualizing alerts, which is critical for proactive incident management. Additionally, the platform allows us to prioritize vulnerabilities and threats based on real-time intelligence, reducing false positives and enabling more effective resource allocation. This results in better threat visibility and improved overall security posture for our customers​

By integrating it with other security tools, Recorded Future streamlines our workflows and accelerates decision-making processes, ultimately helping us deliver more efficient and accurate services to our clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Recorded Future?

RecordedFuture has significantly enhanced our cybersecurity posture by delivering real-time, actionable intelligence.

Its intuitive interface makes it easy to filter and prioritize threats, helping us quickly mitigate risks before they escalate.

The platform integrates seamlessly with our existing tools (like a SIEM), providing comprehensive visibility into the threat landscape.

We can confidently make data-driven decisions, knowing that RecordedFuture is continuously monitoring for emerging risks.

It’s an indispensable asset in safeguarding our bank’s sensitive data and maintaining regulatory compliance.

Highly recommended for any organization looking to strengthen its security operations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Recorded Future?

While RecordedFuture offers robust threat intelligence and valuable insights, its pricing can be a challenge for organizations.

The base platform is costly, and the additional expenses for third-party integrations can add up quickly, making it difficult to justify the overall investment.

For a comprehensive threat intelligence solution, we expected more of these integrations to be included without significant extra costs.

While the platform itself is powerful, the pricing structure may not be as flexible as needed for some budgets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Recorded Future solving and how is that benefiting you?

RecordedFuture has provided us with a comprehensive view of the evolving threat landscape within the financial industry.

By integrating seamlessly with our SIEM, it offers enhanced coverage across the Pyramid of Pain, helping us address both low-level and sophisticated threats.

This level of visibility allows us to respond more effectively to emerging risks, ultimately strengthening our overall cybersecurity posture. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.