CAS-004 Security Operations Practice Question
An organization is implementing a threat hunting program. The team decides to use a hypothesis-driven approach. Which of the following best describes this methodology?
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Developing a theory about potential adversary behavior and actively looking for signs
Hypothesis-driven threat hunting starts with a hypothesis based on threat intelligence or risk assessments, then searches for evidence of that hypothesis in the environment.
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Developing a theory about potential adversary behavior and actively looking for signs
Why this is correct
This describes hypothesis-driven hunting.
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Searching for known indicators of compromise from threat feeds
Why it's wrong here
That is IoC-driven hunting.
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Automated scanning of all systems for vulnerabilities
Why it's wrong here
Vulnerability scanning is not threat hunting.
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Analyzing historical alerts for patterns
Why it's wrong here
That is more reactive than hypothesis-driven.
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