processing-stix-taxii-feeds

name	processing-stix-taxii-feeds
description	Processes STIX 2.1 threat intelligence bundles delivered via TAXII 2.1 servers, normalizing objects into platform-native schemas and routing them to appropriate consuming systems. Use when onboarding new TAXII collection endpoints, automating bi-directional intelligence sharing with ISACs, or building pipeline validation for malformed STIX bundles. Activates for requests involving OASIS STIX, TAXII server configuration, MISP TAXII, or Cortex XSOAR feed integrations.
domain	cybersecurity
subdomain	threat-intelligence
tags	["STIX-2.1","TAXII-2.1","OASIS","MISP","CTI","IOC","threat-intelligence","NIST-SP-800-150"]
version	1.0.0
author	mahipal
license	Apache-2.0
nist_csf	["ID.RA-01","ID.RA-05","DE.CM-01","DE.AE-02"]
mitre_attack	["T1591","T1592","T1593","T1589"]

Processing STIX/TAXII Feeds

When to Use

Use this skill when:

• Onboarding a new TAXII 2.1 collection from a government feed (CISA AIS, FS-ISAC) or commercial provider
• Validating that ingested STIX bundles conform to the OASIS STIX 2.1 specification before import
• Building automated pipelines that parse STIX relationship objects to reconstruct campaign context

Do not use this skill for proprietary vendor feed formats (Recorded Future JSON, CrowdStrike IOC lists) that require vendor-specific parsers rather than STIX processing.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.9+ with stix2 library (pip install stix2) and taxii2-client library
• Network access to TAXII 2.1 server endpoint with valid credentials
• Target TIP or SIEM with import API (MISP, OpenCTI, or Splunk ES)

Workflow

Step 1: Discover TAXII Server Collections

from taxii2client.v21 import Server, as_pages

server = Server("https://cti.example.com/taxii/",
                user="apiuser", password="apikey")
api_root = server.api_roots[0]
for collection in api_root.collections:
    print(collection.id, collection.title, collection.can_read)

Select collections relevant to your threat profile. CISA AIS provides collections segmented by sector (financial, energy, healthcare).

Step 2: Fetch STIX Bundles with Pagination

from taxii2client.v21 import Collection
from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone

collection = Collection(
    "https://cti.example.com/taxii/api1/collections/<id>/objects/",
    user="apiuser", password="apikey")

# Fetch only objects added in the last 24 hours
added_after = datetime.now(timezone.utc) - timedelta(hours=24)
for bundle_page in as_pages(collection.get_objects,
                             added_after=added_after, per_request=):
    process_bundle(bundle_page)