Beyond the basics: Implementing an active defense

Active defense a key approach to protecting against major threats

Having an active defense posture, where the defenders actively use threat intelligence and their own environment telemetry to uncover potential compromises, is the next stage in the cyber security maturity road. Instead of waiting for detections to trigger, defenders can take initiative and hunt down threat actors inside their environment, putting a halt to their malicious activities before they can fully accomplish their goals.

Ransomware compromises, which usually involve data …

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