Threat Hunting: Tools and Techniques for 2025
As cyber threats grow increasingly sophisticated, threat hunting has emerged as a critical defense measure. This session will provide actionable insights into the latest threat-hunting trends, advanced techniques, and innovative solutions to stay ahead of attackers in late 2024 and 2025.
Participants will learn how to shift from passive intelligence gathering to active threat hunting by identifying hidden adversaries within their environments, reducing response times, and fortifying defenses. Key takeaways include:
- Threat Hunting Trends: Explore the key trends shaping threat hunting and how they are expected to evolve in the coming year.
- Threat Detection Techniques: Learn cutting-edge methods for proactively detecting and responding to advanced cyber threats.
- Best Practices: Discover practical strategies for optimizing your threat-hunting operations.
- Innovative Solutions: Delve into the latest tools and technologies designed to enhance threat-hunting effectiveness.
- Collaboration and Intelligence Sharing: Understand the importance of cross-industry collaboration and sharing actionable threat data.
- Integrating Threat Hunting into Risk Management: Discover how to incorporate threat hunting into a holistic risk management and cybersecurity strategy.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your cyber defense strategy by moving from intelligence gathering to active threat hunting.
Speakers
Derek Thomas is the Senior Director of the Threat Response Unit at eSentire, where he strategically oversees threat hunting, detection engineering, and threat intelligence. With a solid decade at eSentire, Derek has built a career rooted in advancing cybersecurity technologies and methodologies. His expertise spans across developing and implementing comprehensive MDR services and leading large-scale security investigations. Derek focuses on translating complex technical concepts into strategic insights that helps to drive positive security outcomes. Legend has it that Derek learned to read at a young age by reviewing Windows event logs.
Andrew has a broad range of cybersecurity, risk management, audit, merger & acquisition, organizational design, and international experience cultivated over more than two decades across the consumer packaged goods, manufacturing, financial services, logistics, healthcare and consulting industries. He is a multi-time CISO and has led Cybersecurity teams at Vetcor, Community Veterinary Partners, Hillenbrand, and Nestle.
Dr. Dustin Sachs is the Chief Technologist and Sr. Director of Programs at CyberRisk Collaborative. He is a highly accomplished cybersecurity professional with a proven track record in risk management, compliance, incident response, and threat mitigation. He is CISSP-certified and holds a Doctor of Computer Science (DCS) degree in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance. Dr. Sachs has worked in various industries, including public utilities, food distribution, and oil and gas. He is a respected thought leader in the cybersecurity community.
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