Six Steps to Successful and Efficient Threat Hunting

Cysecurity is a constant cat-and-mouse game. Adversaries always find new tactics, even as our defenses improve. According to Verizon DBIR, advanced threats often go undetected for months, while they stealthily look to gather valuable information to steal or data to compromise. Waiting for alerts is no longer sufficient.

Rather than waiting for an alert, threat hunters proactively assume that an advanced adversary operates inside the network and operates to find their existence. This paper talks about threat hunting, why it’s essential, and provides six pivotal steps to efficient threat hunting.