________ involves proactively searching through networks to detect and isolate advanced threats that evade existing security solutions.

The correct answer is C. Threat hunting. Threat hunting (C) is the practice of proactively and iteratively searching through networks and systems to detect malicious activity that has slipped past automated defenses - it assumes a breach may already exist and seeks to uncover it before damage escalates. Why the…

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ACompliance auditing
BNetwork optimization
CThreat hunting
DSoftware development

How the community answered

(28 responses)

A
4% (1)
B
7% (2)
C
89% (25)

Explanation

Threat hunting (C) is the practice of proactively and iteratively searching through networks and systems to detect malicious activity that has slipped past automated defenses - it assumes a breach may already exist and seeks to uncover it before damage escalates.

Why the distractors are wrong:

A. Compliance auditing focuses on verifying adherence to regulations and policies, not on actively seeking hidden threats.
B. Network optimization is about improving performance, bandwidth, and efficiency - not security detection.
D. Software development is the process of building applications, entirely unrelated to threat detection.

Memory tip: Think of "hunting" literally - a hunter doesn't wait for prey to come to them, they go looking. Threat hunting = actively going out to find threats hiding in your environment, rather than waiting for an alert to fire.

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#Threat Hunting#Proactive Detection#Advanced Threats#Network Security

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