CTI transforms raw data about cyber threats into actionable insights that help organizations anticipate, prevent, and respond to attacks. It includes indicators of compromise, threat actor profiles, attack patterns, and vulnerability intelligence gathered from internal telemetry, industry sharing, and open sources. A retail company might use CTI to learn that a specific ransomware group targets point-of-sale systems during holiday seasons, prompting preemptive hardening. Effective CTI programs align intelligence collection with business priorities and disseminate findings to technical teams, executives, and security operations centers.