Threat Hunting is a proactive process aimed at locating and identifying advanced or sophisticated threats that have not been detected through automated security measures alone. This is an active approach where information security experts use techniques, tools, and professional knowledge to identify signs of attacks, suspicious activities, or the presence of attackers in the organization’s systems.

This helps organizations improve their defense capabilities by early identification of sophisticated threats that could bypass existing security measures, thereby minimizing damage and enhancing the system’s resilience against cyberattacks.

It is important to note that this is a proactive process for finding attackers or malware, unlike Digital Forensics, which is carried out during and after an event as part of the incident response plan (IRP).