Your Next Move: Threat Hunter

 Threat hunters identify advanced threats, and then track and mitigate them before organizational IT systems are attacked. Advanced threats may constitute up to 10% of cyberthreats, and not all advanced threats are detected solely with SOC solutions. Threat hunters are needed for that very purpose.

A threat hunter continuously detects, analyzes and combats advanced threats. The job role includes detecting vulnerabilities and mitigating the associated cybersecurity risk before it affects the organization.

A threat hunter might be tasked with the following:
Search for cyberthreats and risks hiding inside the data before attacks occur
Gather as much information on threat behavior, goals and methods as possible
Organize and analyze the collected data to determine trends in the security environment of the organization
Make predictions for the future and eliminate the current vulnerabilities

Threat hunters are usually found in large, enterprise organizations with more than 1,000 employees. They do not work on known cyberthreats. Instead, they find new threats and coordinate with the SOC team and cybersecurity manager to ensure incident response and mitigation.

For small- to medium-sized businesses, threat hunter services are usually performed by managed service providers (MSPs). MSPs may have a threat hunter on staff to serve dozens of these organizations, or they might expect their cybersecurity analysts to perform the threat hunter job role.



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