
Threat Hunting
Proactive, hypothesis-driven hunts for adversaries who have already evaded automated detection and are sitting quietly inside your environment.
Understanding This Service
What It Is
A proactive, hypothesis-driven hunting engagement that searches for adversaries who have already evaded your automated detection and are sitting quietly inside your environment.
Who It's For
Organizations with mature detection tooling who want assurance that nothing has slipped through, or companies in high-target industries where dwell time carries outsized risk.
When It's Needed
After deploying detection tooling that's never been stress-tested, following industry-specific threat intelligence about active campaigns, or as a recurring layer of assurance alongside existing monitoring.
Why Clients Request This Service
Undetected Dwell Time
Detection Tooling Blind Spots
Targeted Industry Threats
Over-Reliance on Automated Alerts
Scope of Testing
Scope is tailored per engagement, but most hunts draw from the following.
Hypothesis Development
Hunt hypotheses built from threat intelligence relevant to your environment.
Manual Hunting
Analyst-led investigation across endpoint, network, and log data.
Indicator Validation
Confirming or ruling out suspicious activity uncovered during the hunt.
Detection Gap Identification
Surfacing blind spots in existing detection coverage.
Reporting
Findings documented with evidence, scope, and remediation guidance.
How We Run This Engagement
Planning
Hypothesis development based on relevant threat intelligence.
Hunting
Manual investigation across endpoint, network, and log data.
Validation
Confirming or ruling out suspicious findings uncovered during the hunt.
Reporting
Findings delivered with evidence, scope, and remediation guidance.
Recurring Hunts
Revisiting new hypotheses on a monthly or quarterly cadence.
What You Walk Away With
Hunt Findings Report
Documented results of each hunt, including confirmed and ruled-out leads.
Detection Gap Analysis
Identified blind spots in existing detection tooling and coverage.
Indicator Evidence
Supporting evidence for any confirmed malicious activity found.
Remediation Guidance
Specific, actionable fixes for any gaps or findings uncovered.
Hypothesis Log
A record of hunt hypotheses tested across engagements over time.
Recurring Summary
A rolling view of hunt coverage and findings across the retainer.
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Questions About Threat Hunting
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