Describe the role of threat intelligence in network security monitoring.

Threat intelligence enhances network security monitoring by providing context about current threats, attack patterns, and indicators of compromise. It enables proactive defense by identifying emerging threats, improves detection accuracy by reducing false positives, and helps prioritize security alerts based on threat relevance. Integration with SIEM systems and security tools allows automated blocking of known malicious indicators and provides analysts with contextual information for faster incident response and more effective threat hunting.