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Threat Detection

The process of identifying signs that may indicate a threat or an attack in progress.

Related domain: CybersecurityConcept ID: concept-threat-detection

Definition

Threat Detection is the process of identifying signs that may indicate a threat or an attack in progress.

Human Explanation

It answers the question: does anything indicate a threat?

Why it Matters

Early detection enables faster analysis and limits the potential impact of an attack.

Conceptual Boundary

Threat Detection identifies relevant signs but does not include the complete Incident Response process.

Practical Perspective

Effective detection combines telemetry, rules, behavioural analysis and informed review of alerts.

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