Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 22 | Page 88

FINAL WORD Report reveals how threat hunters and SOCs are fighting back McAfee, a cybersecurity company which operates in the Middle East, has announced the release of Disrupting the Disruptors, Art or Science?, a new report investigating the role of cyberthreat hunting and the evolution of the security operations centre (SOC). L ooking at security teams through four levels of development: minimal, procedural, innovative and leading, the Disrupting the Disruptors, Art or Science? report finds that advanced SOCs devote 50% more time than their counterparts on actual threat hunting. The Threat Hunter Threat hunting is becoming a critical role in defeating bad actors. A threat hunter is a professional member of the security team tasked with examining cyberthreats using clues, hypotheses and experience from years of researching cybercriminals, and is incredibly valuable to the investigation process. 88 INTELLIGENTCIO www.intelligentcio.com