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and having agile tools allows threat hunters to visualize and take action upon that data. These factors
will enable you to evolve your threat hunting to threat reconnaissance.

What is threat reconnaissance? It's having the right intelligence and tools to take action externally against
threats to your environment before they even happen. The worst position to be in is hunting for
adversaries after they've caused a breach or infiltrated your network. Today, an ideal posture is taking a
proactive approach to threat hunting, which involves hunting out threats that may be in your system.

But what if you were able to proactively guard against attacks before they even got to your perimeter?
Having applicable, relevant, and actionable intelligence can help you better understand which threats are
approaching your organization, which gives you time to shore up your defenses and prevent them from
getting in in the first place.

The Benefits of Threat Reconnaissance

Evolving to this kind of security approach provides a number of benefits, the biggest of which is preventing
a cyber attack, which can result in the loss of data, assets, IP, or overall reputation. Attacks can also
impact people's lives and well-being, like we’re seeing with the rise in threat actors targeting hospital
systems. Knowing what your threats are and where they're coming from can help you see if your supply
chain is at risk as well, and help guard against third-party attack.

When you have the right intelligence and tools that provide you real-time information and visibility, you're
able to improve your decision making as well, and have the time to make wise, informed choices to
protect against attack. Better decision making and lowered risks can provide a lot of cost savings as well,
including hardware and resources. Organizations have seen savings of $1.7 million over three years by
improving their approach to threat intelligence.

A More Ideal Approach Today

What would be your ideal approach to protecting your organization? By using more relevant and
applicable intelligence to know exactly what threats are targeting your organization, you can realize your
ideal security posture and prevent an attack before it even begins.

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