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200-201 · Question #157

Which statement describes threat hunting?

The correct answer is D. It is a prevention activity to detect signs of intrusion, compromise, data theft, abnormalities, or. Threat hunting is a proactive cybersecurity activity where security professionals actively search through networks and systems to detect stealthy intrusions, compromises, and malicious activities that automated security tools might have missed.

Submitted by marco_it· Mar 6, 2026Security Monitoring

Question

Which statement describes threat hunting?

Options

  • AIt is an activity by an entity to deliberately bring down critical internal servers.
  • BIt includes any activity that might go after competitors and adversaries to infiltrate their systems.
  • CIt is a vulnerability assessment conducted by cyber professionals.
  • DIt is a prevention activity to detect signs of intrusion, compromise, data theft, abnormalities, or

How the community answered

(47 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    2% (1)
  • C
    4% (2)
  • D
    91% (43)

Why each option

Threat hunting is a proactive cybersecurity activity where security professionals actively search through networks and systems to detect stealthy intrusions, compromises, and malicious activities that automated security tools might have missed.

AIt is an activity by an entity to deliberately bring down critical internal servers.

This describes a malicious attack or sabotage, not threat hunting.

BIt includes any activity that might go after competitors and adversaries to infiltrate their systems.

This describes competitive intelligence or espionage, not internal threat hunting.

CIt is a vulnerability assessment conducted by cyber professionals.

Vulnerability assessment identifies weaknesses in systems; threat hunting looks for active threats exploiting or present due to those or other weaknesses.

DIt is a prevention activity to detect signs of intrusion, compromise, data theft, abnormalities, orCorrect

Threat hunting is a proactive and iterative cybersecurity activity that involves human analysts actively searching for subtle indicators of compromise (IoCs), hidden threats, and malicious activities within an organization's network and endpoints that may have bypassed automated security defenses. Its goal is to detect advanced threats, anomalies, or data theft before significant damage occurs.

Concept tested: Threat hunting definition and purpose

Source: https://www.nist.gov/itl/applied-cybersecurity/nice/resources/threat-hunting-playbook

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#threat hunting#proactive security#intrusion detection

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