Threat Hunting Fundamentals

Threat hunting is a structured, analyst-initiated search for adversary activity or security-relevant behavior that has not already been resolved by routine alert handling. A hunt may begin from a threat hypothesis, a detection or visibility gap, unusual data, a changed environment, an incident pattern, or credible intelligence. What makes the work defensible is not one mandatory methodology; it is a bounded question, suitable evidence, documented analysis, calibrated conclusions, and an operational outcome.