1. Executive summary

Modern software is assembled, not written. A single application routinely draws on hundreds of third-party components, pulled in on demand and updated continuously as part of normal process. That convenience has quietly become a dependable initial-access route that bypasses traditional perimeter and endpoint defenses. Rather than breaching a hardened production perimeter, adversaries increasingly compromise the developer, the maintainer account, the build pipeline, or the package registry — and let trusted automation carry their code the rest of the way.

Cyber is no longer a supporting capability. It now shapes how defense organizations plan, assess, and act.

Disinformation is no longer just a nuisance.  It’s a weapon leveraged by both state and non-state actors.  For information operations analysts tracking influence campaigns across elections, national security threats, and coordinated disinformation efforts, the challenge is growing. Whether you work in a government agency, intelligence service, election security organization, or corporate trust and safety team, the tools at your disposal were not built for this fight.  

The defense community deserves a threat intelligence platform that speaks their language. With our new Defense TIP mode, EclecticIQ aligns fully with NATO and US military doctrine, eliminating the friction caused by mismatched terminology, structure, and limited interoperability with joint and coalition intelligence workflows. This is a mission-ready capability built to meet the strategic and operational demands of modern defense intelligence.

Last summer, a conversation took place between a group of security professionals from EclecticIQ and Booz Allen Hamilton. The topic was straightforward: The Hague is home to NATO, Europol, the Dutch NCSC, and The Hague Security Delta - the largest security cluster in Europe. It is also home to major global enterprises, financial institutions, and critical national infrastructure that represent some of the most significant concentrations of cyber risk on the continent. By any measure, The Hague is one of the most important security hubs in the world.  

And yet it had no grassroots community event to reflect that status. No accessible, practitioner-led space where the community could come together, share real knowledge, and connect outside of a commercial setting... and notably, no BSides event. 

The question was simple. Why had nobody done this? What followed was equally simple.  

We decided we would. 

EclecticIQ Intelligence Center 3.6 isn’t just an update - it’s a leap forward. With smarter finished intelligence reporting, flexible intelligence modelling, and next-level AI features, this release helps cybersecurity teams move faster, work smarter, and deliver more value across the organization. Let’s break down what’s new, what it means, and why it matters.

In today’s fast-moving threat landscape, your intelligence doesn’t always fit predefined categories. EclecticIQ Intelligence Center 3.6 gives you Custom objects, built on STIX’s extension capability, so you can capture and operationalize intelligence that goes beyond the standard object types. 

The EclecticIQ AI features have already been helping you work faster and smarter, from using AI assistant as your on-demand research partner, to querying complex data sets using NLP search, aligning requirements with Intelligence Compass, and extracting key entities with AI entity extraction.  With the upcoming 3.6 release of Intelligence Center, we’re expanding the EclecticIQ AI Suite with the productivity-boosting features: Summarization , Content generation with templates and Translation. These tools are built to help you move faster, go broader, and stay focused on what matters most.  

The cybersecurity landscape isn’t slowing down, and neither should your security operations. With EclecticIQ Intelligence Center 3.5, we’re delivering a breakthrough release that enhances AI-embedded investigations, enables streamlined intelligence management, and unlocks precision threat prioritization. Analysts can now navigate the platform more efficiently, extract insights faster, and provide actionable intelligence for decision-makers - all in one seamless experience. 

Effectively navigating and utilizing a Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP) can feel complex, particularly for those doing so for the first time. From triaging alerts to investigating threats and producing finished intelligence, the variety of features and workflows can be daunting. That’s why we’ve introduced the “Getting Started" module - an intuitive guide designed to walk users through each step, ensuring that both newcomers and experienced professionals can maximize the platform's capabilities with ease and efficiency. 

The role of AI in cybersecurity is growing fast, but so are concerns about data privacy, compliance, and cost. Many Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIPs) lock users into expensive, proprietary AI services limiting flexibility and control. EclecticIQ’s new "Bring your own LLM" feature puts you in control. Decide how you deploy AI; self-host on your own infrastructure for maximum security and compliance, or leverage EclecticIQ’s secure cloud hosting for convenience. Tailor your AI experience by selecting the best LLM for each AI-powered feature, ensuring enhanced customization, cost efficiency, and control over your threat intelligence workflows. 

Europe faces a critical juncture. Geopolitical tensions are rising, and cyber threats are growing more sophisticated. This reality has made cybersecurity a vital part of Europe’s defense strategy, along with the defense strategies of the entire world. The European Commission’s ReArm Europe/Readiness 2030 initiative, which proposes a €150 billion investment in defense (including a dedicated €3.5 billion cybersecurity fund as noted in President von der Leyen’s 3 March statement), demonstrates that there is unprecedented opportunity for unified action.

Now is the time for European cybersecurity companies to come together, strengthen the industry and protect our shared future. The reason is straightforward: Europe can no longer afford to view cybersecurity separately from traditional defense measures.

EclecticIQ’s AI Assistant isn’t just a tool - it’s your trusted co-pilot in threat investigations. By streamlining intelligence gathering, delivering contextual summaries, and pulling relevant insights from the web, it eliminates inefficiencies and empowers analysts to act faster and smarter - all without leaving the platform.  

Threat intelligence is only as valuable as its relevance, accuracy, and timeliness. Many security teams struggle with an overload of data that doesn’t match their organization’s actual risks, leading to wasted resources, missed threats, and ineffective security decisions. 

In the ever-evolving world of cybersecurity, quick access to the right data can mean the difference between thwarting a threat or falling victim to one. That’s where Dashboards come in: a robust visualization tool designed to simplify data access, enable faster decision-making, and drive better security outcomes.