In a recent webinar, Difenda provided a live look at their approach to threat hunting, a critical proactive cybersecurity process. Kyle Link, Architect of Cyber Research & Response at Difenda, led the presentation and shared Difenda’s methodology for planning, executing, and reporting data-driven threat hunts for their customers.
Importance of Threat Hunting
Kyle emphasized the growing importance of cyber threat hunting as a way to actively mitigate threats from increasingly sophisticated threat actors. He noted that no cybersecurity solution can provide 100% security coverage, making proactive threat detection and defense essential.
Key Webinar Topics
The webinar covered several key aspects of Difenda’s threat hunting approach, including:
- Introduction to threat hunting
- Difenda’s threat hunting methodology
- Threat hunting maturity model
- Deploying procedural hunts
- Using Microsoft Copilot for security
- Creating mitigation strategies
- Building a threat hunting plan
- Threat hunting as a service (THaaS)
Copilot Demonstration
During the webinar, Kyle showcased Difenda’s integration of Microsoft’s Copilot for Security into their threat hunting procedures. The demo illustrated how Copilot can assist less experienced threat hunters, reducing the number of steps and additional phases previously required in the hunting process.
Q&A Session
The webinar concluded with a Q&A session, where Kyle addressed pre-selected questions from attendees as well as live chat questions. A recap of the Q&A on building a threat hunting plan is available, and the full webinar recording is also accessible.
Overall, the webinar provided valuable insights into Difenda’s proactive and data-driven approach to threat hunting, highlighting their expertise in this essential aspect of cybersecurity.