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Intel 471 vs Recorded Future

Intel 471 sells Verity471, a platform that enables security teams to find the exposures attackers are targeting right now, know the actors and campaigns behind them, and hunt those adversaries in their environment. Recorded Future is a threat intelligence company that sells real-time intelligence and autonomous defense. CISO Tribune files both under Threat intelligence. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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Intel 471 vs Recorded Future: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
Intel 471Intel 471 sells Verity471, a platform that enables security teams to find the exposures attackers are targeting right now, know the actors and campaigns behind them, and hunt those adversaries in their environment.intel471.comRecorded FutureRecorded Future is a threat intelligence company that sells real-time intelligence and autonomous defense.recordedfuture.com
What it sells
  • Verity471[3][4][9][10][11][15]A platform that connects adversary intelligence across exposure, intelligence and hunting portfolios.
  • Cyber Threat Exposure[1][3][4][8][15]Finds exposures attackers are circling across an attack surface, vendors and brand.
  • Cyber Threat Intelligence[1][3][7]Gives visibility into the conversations where attacks are planned.
  • Cyber Threat Hunting[1][3]A library of 700+ ready-built hunt packages tied to actors targeting a sector.
  • Intelligence Graph[4][5]Indexes and analyzes threat data from over a million sources.
  • Collective Insights[11]Integrates data from security tools such as EDR, SIEM, SOAR, and email security.
  • Threat Intelligence[3][6][11][12]Provides profiles of threat actors and the techniques and tools they use.
  • Vulnerability Intelligence[7]Scores vulnerabilities based on their exploitability.
  • Geopolitical Intelligence[9]Indexes global data from social media, local news, and messaging platforms.
  • Managed Services[13]Recorded Future analysts provide validated incident escalations.
Categories
Headquarters
Not stated on its pagesBoston, United States[2]
Founded
2014[2]Not stated on its pages
Ownership and funding
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
Named customers
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
Recent news
  • August 4, 2026Intel 471 published a post describing the release of MCP471 and Agent471 for its Verity471 platform.[11]
  • July 28, 2026Intel 471 announced two AI capabilities, MCP471 and Agent471, in its Verity471 platform.[9]
  • May 6, 2026Intel 471 announced Retroactive Threat Detections, a new capability within its Verity471 platform.[10]
  • March 17, 2026Intel 471 announced the Cyber Threat Exposure Bundle on its Verity471 platform, combining attack surface, third-party and brand exposure modules in one offering.[15]
  • June 2, 2026Recorded Future announced a strategic partnership with Wipro Limited to expand intelligence-led cybersecurity services for global enterprises.[14]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: listed, seen November 6, 2026[12]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
  • G2: Not stated on its pages
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
From its own pages, Intel 471 sells mainly to security teams that want to find and prioritize exposures, track the actors behind attacks, and hunt adversaries in their own environment. Cyber Threat Hunting is tied to the actors coming after a customer's sector, which points to sector-specific hunting programs. Attack Surface Exposure covers assets hosted on-premises, externally and across multiple clouds.Risk and compliance teams are named as users who monitor third-party exposure before it surfaces as an incident. Fraud prevention teams are named as users who detect compromised payment infrastructure and active fraud campaigns before they reach customers. Executive and finance teams are named as users who quantify risk exposure and make decisions about security investment. Recorded Future states that its services team works with customers across various industries, sizes, and maturity levels.
Last verified
September 27, 2026November 4, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Threat intelligence is the primary category of both Intel 471 and Recorded Future.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Intel 471 is also filed under Exposure prioritisation and CTEM. Recorded Future is also filed under Digital risk protection, Third-party risk and security ratings and External attack surface management.
  • Intel 471 lists Verity471, Cyber Threat Exposure, Cyber Threat Intelligence and Cyber Threat Hunting. Recorded Future lists Intelligence Graph, Collective Insights, Threat Intelligence, Vulnerability Intelligence, Geopolitical Intelligence and 1 more.
  • Recorded Future is headquartered in Boston, United States.
  • Intel 471 was founded in 2014.

How they differ

CISO Tribune files Intel 471 under Threat intelligence, Exposure prioritisation and CTEM, with Threat intelligence as its primary category. Intel 471 sells Verity471, a platform that connects adversary intelligence across three portfolios: Cyber Threat Exposure, Cyber Threat Intelligence, and Cyber Threat Hunting. Its hunting portfolio is a library of 700+ ready-built hunt packages tied to the actors targeting a sector. Recorded Future sells an Intelligence Graph that indexes data from over a million sources, along with products such as Threat Intelligence, Vulnerability Intelligence, Geopolitical Intelligence, Collective Insights and Managed Services. Recorded Future also provides pre-built hunting packages with YARA, Snort, and Sigma rules written and tested by its Insikt Group.

Both companies sell threat intelligence and hunting content, but the scope around that differs. Intel 471 pairs intelligence with exposure products covering attack surface, third-party and brand exposure. Recorded Future names INVESTBANK and NOV as customers.

On recent activity, Intel 471 announced MCP471 and Agent471 in Verity471 on July 28, 2026, and published a post on their release on August 4, 2026. It announced Retroactive Threat Detections on May 6, 2026. Recorded Future announced a strategic partnership with Wipro Limited on June 2, 2026, to expand intelligence-led cybersecurity services for global enterprises.

What it sells: Intel 471

What Verity471 does[3][4][9][10][11][15]
Verity471 enables security teams to find the exposures attackers are targeting right now, know the actors and campaigns behind them, and hunt those adversaries in their environment. It synthesizes and centralizes intelligence and puts AI to work helping analysts access and operationalize it faster. It pushes intelligence directly into existing automated systems and AI workflows.
What Cyber Threat Exposure does[1][3][4][8][15]
Cyber Threat Exposure finds the exposures attackers are already circling across a customer's attack surface, vendors, and brand. It identifies exposures such as internet-exposed assets, misconfigurations and critical CVEs and maps them to CTI driven insights. Security teams can prioritize exposures based on real-world threat activity.
What Cyber Threat Intelligence does[1][3][7]
Cyber Threat Intelligence gives visibility into the conversations where attacks are planned. It tells customers who is targeting them, what they are using, and what is already compromised.
What Cyber Threat Hunting does[1][3]
Cyber Threat Hunting provides a library of 700+ ready-built hunt packages tied to the actors actively coming after a customer's sector. Teams hunt threats in their environment with these packages.

What it sells: Recorded Future

What Intelligence Graph does[4][5]
The Intelligence Graph indexes data from over a million sources, including the open web, dark web, technical feeds, and customer telemetry. It connects data points using an ontology graph for stable information and an event graph for rapidly changing threat data. Recorded Future states that the Intelligence Graph is accessible via API and powers nine specialized products.
What Collective Insights does[11]
Collective Insights integrates data from security tools like EDR, SIEM, SOAR, and email security. Collective Insights automatically tags security events and maps them to the MITRE ATT&CK framework. The Collective Insights API is free to use with a current Recorded Future subscription. Collective Insights uses read-only API access and only touches detection metadata.
What Threat Intelligence does[3][6][11][12]
Recorded Future Threat Intelligence provides detailed profiles of the threat actors currently attacking similar organizations and the techniques and tools they use. Recorded Future provides pre-built hunting packages with YARA, Snort, and Sigma rules written and tested by its Insikt Group.
What Vulnerability Intelligence does[7]
Vulnerability Intelligence uses real-time data to score vulnerabilities based on their exploitability. Vulnerability Intelligence tracks vulnerabilities specific to an organization's tech stack without any agents or sensors required. Recorded Future lets users monitor vulnerabilities by lifecycle stage, from disclosure to exploitation.
What Geopolitical Intelligence does[9]
Geopolitical Intelligence indexes global data from across social media, local news, and messaging platforms in numerous languages. Recorded Future offers Country Risk Scoring to assess the risk of conducting or continuing business in a specific country. Recorded Future assesses country risk across five functional categories.
What Managed Services does[13]
Recorded Future analysts provide validated incident escalations. Recorded Future services staff continuously monitor vulnerabilities across the weaponization lifecycle and alert on what needs to be prioritized.

Questions about Intel 471 and Recorded Future

What do Intel 471 and Recorded Future sell?
Intel 471 sells Verity471, Cyber Threat Exposure, Cyber Threat Intelligence and Cyber Threat Hunting. Recorded Future sells Intelligence Graph, Collective Insights, Threat Intelligence, Vulnerability Intelligence, Geopolitical Intelligence and 1 more.
Are Intel 471 and Recorded Future in the same category?
Yes. Threat intelligence is the primary category of both on CISO Tribune.
Where are Intel 471 and Recorded Future headquartered?
Recorded Future is headquartered in Boston, United States.
When were Intel 471 and Recorded Future founded?
Intel 471 was founded in 2014.
Who are Intel 471 and Recorded Future sold to?
From its own pages, Intel 471 sells mainly to security teams that want to find and prioritize exposures, track the actors behind attacks, and hunt adversaries in their own environment. Risk and compliance teams are named as users who monitor third-party exposure before it surfaces as an incident.
What have Intel 471 and Recorded Future announced recently?
August 4, 2026: Intel 471 published a post describing the release of MCP471 and Agent471 for its Verity471 platform. June 2, 2026: Recorded Future announced a strategic partnership with Wipro Limited to expand intelligence-led cybersecurity services for global enterprises.

About Intel 471

Intel 471 sells Verity471, a platform that enables security teams to find the exposures attackers are targeting right now, know the actors and campaigns behind them, and hunt those adversaries in their environment.[3]

Verity471 synthesizes and centralizes intelligence, and puts AI to work helping analysts access and operationalize it faster. Intel 471 says the platform pushes intelligence directly into existing automated systems and AI workflows. The platform connects adversary intelligence across three solution portfolios: Cyber Threat Exposure, Cyber Threat Intelligence, and Cyber Threat Hunting.[1][3]

Cyber Threat Exposure finds the exposures attackers are already circling across a customer's attack surface, vendors, and brand. Intel 471 says its Cyber Threat Exposure solutions provide a CTI-driven view of an organization's attack surface and its third parties'. Intel 471 identifies exposures such as internet-exposed assets, misconfigurations and critical CVEs and maps them to real-world CTI driven insights. Security teams can prioritize exposures based on real-world threat activity, remediating high-risk exposures in their own attack surface and monitoring those in their third parties.[3][4][8]

Attack Surface Exposure is aimed at identifying, managing and protecting internet-facing assets hosted on-premises, externally and across multiple clouds. Brand Exposure detects malicious impersonation and rogue threats, including phishing and scam domains, logos, images, mentions and social media account impersonations.[4][8]

Cyber Threat Intelligence gives visibility into the conversations where attacks are planned. Intel 471 says it goes into the criminal underground and extracts adversary tradecraft at the source. Intel 471 says its global analyst network has spent over a decade operating inside the same closed communities where adversaries plan their next move.[3][4][7]

Cyber Threat Hunting provides a library of 700+ ready-built hunt packages tied to the actors actively coming after a customer's sector. Intel 471 says teams can hunt threats in their environment in minutes, not months.[3][4]

Intel 471 also publishes threat research, including a report on the underground insider ecosystem that draws on 85 insider-related leads linked to 80 actor handles collected between August 2025 and August 2026. The legal entity behind the company's services is Intel 471 Inc[3][4][5][6][7][8][13][14]

Intel 471 on the record

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Intel 471 full record

  1. [1]intel471.comIntel 471 · intel471.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Thoma bravo makes strategic investment in intel 471Intel 471 · intel471.com · published September 8, 2021 · Tier A
  3. [3]Cyber Threat Intelligence | Fight Cyber Threats | Intel 471Intel 471 · undated page, accessed October 25, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Cyber Threat Exposure | Intel 471Intel 471 · undated page, accessed October 25, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Contact | Intel 471Intel 471 · undated page, accessed October 25, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Why Intel 471 | Intel 471Intel 471 · undated page, accessed October 25, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Cyber Threat Intelligence | Intel 471Intel 471 · undated page, accessed October 25, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Exposure Intelligence | Intel 471Intel 471 · undated page, accessed October 25, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Intel 471's latest AI capabilities, Agent471 & MCP471 enable organizations to action elite decision-grade intelligence at machine speedIntel 471 · published July 28, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Intel 471 Launches Retroactive Threat Detection, Operationalizing Intelligence Across the Existing Security StackIntel 471 · published May 6, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Introducing MCP471 and Agent471: Bringing Intelligence Into the AI Workflows Analysts UseIntel 471 · published August 4, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Threat Intelligence Platform Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2G2 · undated page, accessed October 25, 2026 · Tier C
  13. [13]Insiders for Hire: Underground Recruitment, Access Claims and Insider-Enabled Services. | Intel 471Intel 471 · undated page, accessed November 6, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Terms of Service | Intel 471Intel 471 · undated page, accessed November 6, 2026 · Tier A
  15. [15]Intel 471 debuts integrated platform for external threat managementHelp Net Security · published March 17, 2026 · Tier B

Recorded Future full record

  1. [1]Mastercard to acquire recorded futureRecorded Future · recordedfuture.com · published September 12, 2024 · Tier A
  2. [2]Working in bostonRecorded Future · recordedfuture.com · published October 15, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Advanced Cyber Threat Intelligence | Recorded FutureRecorded Future · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Intelligence Platform | Recorded FutureRecorded Future · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Intelligence Graph | Recorded FutureRecorded Future · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Threat Intelligence | Recorded FutureRecorded Future · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Vulnerability Intelligence | Recorded FutureRecorded Future · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]SecOps Intelligence | Recorded FutureRecorded Future · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Protect Assets with Geopolitical Intelligence | Recorded FutureRecorded Future · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Demo Center | Explore Powerful Tools | Recorded FutureRecorded Future · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Collective Insights® API | Recorded FutureRecorded Future · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Integrations for Your Cybersecurity Stack | Recorded FutureRecorded Future · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Managed Monitoring Service | Recorded FutureRecorded Future · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Recorded Future Announces Strategic Partnership with Wipro to Deliver AI-Powered Threat Intelligence at Global Enterprise ScalePRNewswire · published June 2, 2026 · Tier A

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