Cyber threat hunting involves proactively searching for threats on an organization’s network that are unknown to (or missed by) traditional cybersecurity solutions. A recent report from Armis found that cyber attack attempts increased by 104% in 2023, underscoring the need for pre-emptive threat detection to prevent breaches. What is cyber threat hunting? Cyber threat hunting is a proactive security strategy that seeks to identify and eliminate cybersecurity threats on the network before they cause any obvious signs of a breach. Traditional security methodologies and solutions reactively detect threats, often by comparing threat indicators (like the execution of unknown code or an unauthorized registry change) to a signature database of known threats. Cyber threat hunting uses advanced detection tools and techniques to search for indicators of compromise (IoCs) that haven’t been seen before or are too subtle for traditional tools to notice. Examples of threat hunting techniques include: Searching for insider threats, such as employees, contractors or vendors. Proactively identifying and patching vulnerabilities on the network. Hunting for known threats, such as high-profile advanced persistent threats …