Threat Hunting with Wazuh

Approximately 80% of threats can be mitigated with the assistance of tier 1 and 2 security operations center (SOC) analysts and automated security tools; the remaining 20% requires your attention. Threat hunting is an important proactive security method for finding threats and holes in security that are hard to spot with regular security measures. Threat hunting uses advanced analytics, threat intelligence, and human expertise to go beyond automated detection and actively seek, find, and fix any security holes or threats that might be hiding in an organization’s network. By being proactive, security teams can spot and stop complex threats before they happen. This reduces the time that attackers can stay on the network and stops possible breaches. In this chapter, we will learn how Wazuh can help security teams to proactively detect advanced threats. Wazuh offers an extensive overview of an organization’s security features by analyzing large amounts...