Because cyber security hunting takes a proactive, hands-on approach to threat detection and remediation, some organizations face significant challenges when implementing this security practice. For a cyber hunting program to be successful, an organization must have three key components working in harmony:
Deploying expert threat hunters: The human capital involved with cyber threat hunting is arguably the most critical component. Today’s threat hunters must be experts in the threat landscape and be able to identify the warning signs of sophisticated attacks quickly.
Collecting comprehensive data: To properly seek out threats, hunters must have access to a wealth of data (both current and historical data) that provides visibility across an entire infrastructure. Without this aggregated data, threat hunters won’t be able to create informed threat hypotheses based on your endpoints, network or Cloud infrastructure.
Staying up-to-date with threat intelligence: Threat hunters must be equipped with the most up-to-date threat intelligence, enabling them to compare current cyberattack trends with internal data. Without knowing what new or trending threats exist, threat hunters won’t have the necessary information to analyze potential network threats correctly.
Deploying all three of these components and ensuring they seamlessly work together requires many organizational resources. Unfortunately, some security teams don’t have access to the right tools, personnel, or information to establish a full-scale cyber threat hunting program.