Strengthening Threat Hunting Programs - Part 2: Risk Hunting
This is the second part of my threat hunting blog series. Please click here for the first part. Introduction It was once put to me that, much like hunting in the wilderness, so much of what matters is not the last pursuit of target, but the long stalk. It is crucial to learn to read the land and the patterns of the local wildlife as well as the predators. Understanding the lay of the land is as important as it was for our hunter-gatherer ancestors as it is to hunting threats in your organisation’s network. To increase the overall security posture of an organisation as an in-house security or managed security service provider (MSSP) you need to learn what is normal and what is abnormal in that organisation. You must understand what that organisation’s current policies around software downloads are, website filtering, vulnerability patching, remote login abilities, or file access permissions, among other controls (or lack thereof). The types of risky behaviour you will naturally u...