Chapter 5: Methodologies

So far in this book, we have been outlining the pieces that are needed to conduct a threat hunt and the environments in which they can operate. Before we learn how to execute a hunt, we need to go over some methodologies we can utilize. Regardless of what any individuals' feelings are toward any specific framework, a threat hunting team should always base its processes and organization on a methodology.

Why?

Methodologies enable teams to have repeatable processes that make sense. Frameworks and methodologies help ensure that a threat hunting team consistently aligns its efforts toward the goals and concerns of the business. Methodologies are the frameworks and structure that the details are built onto to keep the entire process aligned with what matters to the organization. They turn pure chaos into something slightly less chaotic and eventually into a highly organized system. To facilitate this transition, we will cover the general-purpose hunting...