URL Scanning vs. URL Analysis and Enrichment

Most security teams, security vendors, MSSPs, and ISPs seek to know if URLs in their emails, network, or endpoint traffic are malicious. In many cases, they use URL scanning services, which typically involve a look-up against a curated database of known threats. Security analysts and threats researchers performing phishing incident response and threat hunting may also utilize URL enrichment services, either manually or through automated playbooks.

URL Analysis and Enrichment provide a single, correlated source of intelligence for a complete view. This whitepaper will deep-dive into these differences and more.