Cisco Talos has updated and expanded the Talos Threat Levels used to describe our web reputation verdicts.
As you will see in the chart below, we are increasing the amount of reputation verdicts from three to five, as well as retaining the Unknown category across the board.
Cisco Security products may display these new scores over time, beginning with the upcoming Cisco NGFW release of 6.5. This allows for more granular scoring of web reputation verdicts, and gives customers greater control over the defense of their networks.
At this time, we are not adjusting the Talos Email Reputation scores, and we have no timeframe for doing so.
Here’s a rundown of our new Threat Levels verbiage:
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This chart may also be found on our website.
There will be no impact to the efficacy to Talos Web Reputation. For a short period, TalosIntelligence.com will show both the new and the old threat level verdicts.
The ability to dispute the reputation of a domain or URL remains the same, and is available to both customers and non-customers alike by visiting our reputation support portal. After logging in, you may fill out the form (up to 50 entries at a time) with URLs, domains, or IPs and propose a reputation verdict that you think the entry should have.
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After you submit a ticket, you can view its real-time status on your “My Tickets” page.
We hope everyone finds these changes useful. As always, Talos’ goal is to keep your network and systems safe.![]()
As you will see in the chart below, we are increasing the amount of reputation verdicts from three to five, as well as retaining the Unknown category across the board.
Cisco Security products may display these new scores over time, beginning with the upcoming Cisco NGFW release of 6.5. This allows for more granular scoring of web reputation verdicts, and gives customers greater control over the defense of their networks.
At this time, we are not adjusting the Talos Email Reputation scores, and we have no timeframe for doing so.
Here’s a rundown of our new Threat Levels verbiage:
This chart may also be found on our website.
There will be no impact to the efficacy to Talos Web Reputation. For a short period, TalosIntelligence.com will show both the new and the old threat level verdicts.
The ability to dispute the reputation of a domain or URL remains the same, and is available to both customers and non-customers alike by visiting our reputation support portal. After logging in, you may fill out the form (up to 50 entries at a time) with URLs, domains, or IPs and propose a reputation verdict that you think the entry should have.
After you submit a ticket, you can view its real-time status on your “My Tickets” page.
We hope everyone finds these changes useful. As always, Talos’ goal is to keep your network and systems safe.