As covert threats and Advanced Persistent Threats ( APTs ) become more skilled at eluding traditional security tools, security teams face an uphill battle, putting organizations at increased risk. It’s a game of digital hide-and-seek against well-funded and resourced foes that are getting harder and harder to find. The cyber risk increases as these threats go unnoticed, and when an adversary succeeds, a data breach can have an average financial impact of$ 4. 45 million.
What if the game could be altered, though? The cutting-edge WatchTower services from SentinelOne offer a novel approach to identifying the elusive threats that conventional methods frequently miss, enhancing security teams and assisting them in staying ahead of adversaries.
What Makes Threat Hunting Important?
Threat hunting is the proactive, methodical search for potential cyber threats hiding in the network or systems of an organization. Instead of waiting for security tool alerts, it involves actively looking for any potential hidden threats that may have eluded these conventional security measures.
Threat hunting is more than just another SOC activity; it involves constantly spotting enemies who are patiently waiting to attack or accomplish their malicious goals while hiding in your network. Hunting actively seeks to identify, prioritize, and reduce risk rather than merely responding to threats. Delving into security events, conducting network scans, and utilizing threat intelligence feeds are just a few of the manual and automated techniques that are used. The main objective is to identify potential threats as soon as possible, ideally before they have a chance to have an effect on the company.
It takes a platform that combines cross-domain security data and the knowledge of threat-hunting experts to complete this task, not just any security solution or team. These knowledgeable people are well-equipped to lead the hunt because of their strong analytical and technical skills. Threat hunters are technically given the following powers when combined with the appropriate security platform:
- the speed with which new threats can be found using historical security telemetry
- access to the most recent Threat Intelligence along with a customized hunting strategy. Threat Intelligence gives users the ability to find the needle in a haystack by searching for behavioral attack patterns across seemingly benign events, which is an essential addition to cross-domain detections.
Organizations can significantly lower their risk of being the victim of cyber-attacks by embracing cyber threat hunting and risk hunting practices, ensuring the security and availability of their systems and networks remain intact.
Disclosing the WatchTower Lineup
SentinelOne: A New Era of Threat Hunting
SentinelOne is pleased to announce the general availability ( GA ) of its expanded managed threat hunting services, WatchTower Pro, which are infused with AI. Due to numerous improvements in threat hunting methodologies, this release, which builds on an established foundation in serving customers all over the world, marks the beginning of a new era of risk hunting. Advanced AI technologies and more reliable threat intelligence feeds are now included in WatchTower and Watchtower Pro. You are actively pursuing threats while SentinelOne’s WatchTower team is behind you, pushing the limits of what is possible to improve risk posture.
Customers who choose WatchTower are supported by a team of threat hunting experts on standby 24/7 to hunt and stop adversary behavior, in addition to the Singularity Platform‘s detection capabilities. To assist security teams in maximizing threat visibility and identifying emergent attackers throughout every aspect of their business, WatchTower offers intelligence-driven and behavior-based threat hunting, supported by expert human analysis. The expanded features of WatchTower TM include:
- Real-time threat hunting 24 hours a day
- Search for threats in the past using all historical data
- detection of suspicious and anomalous behavior
- multi-faceted hunting strategy, such as AI-driven threat hunting, behavioral &, and intelligence-based hunting
- increased defense against both known and new threats
- Reporting in-depth on hunting operations and findings in the environment
- access to WatchTower’s internal threat intelligence library, which includes indicators of compromise, behavioral hunting questions, and more.
- Monthly updates on the state of the world’s threats
Customized Threat Hunting Techniques with WatchTower Pro
WatchTower ProTM is the best option for customers who need a highly tailored threat and risk-hunting strategy. WatchTower ProTM expands on the features already present:
- Detailed enterprise-wide compromise &, multiple security risk assessments throughout the year, along with mitigation advice
- On-demand threat hunting and intelligence support are provided in addition to custom hunting support by a dedicated Threat Hunter.
- Domain mimic monitoring and dark web exposure hunting
- A unique and thorough plan to improve your company’s risk and security posture
Concerning WatchTower Threat Hunters
To ensure 24-hour defenses of your online property, the SentinelOne WatchTower Threat Hunting team is made up of seasoned threat hunters from all over the world. To automate the most common threat hunts and establish routine threat hunting schedules for less common but still potential threats, skilled hunters search through threat intelligence sources, global events, and malware families. We can scale every week thanks to our ongoing investment in automation, allowing your WatchTower analyst to conduct additional hunts on your behalf.
Benefits
Threat Expertise on Tap
In cybersecurity, we’re experiencing a protracted skills gap that frequently leaves internal teams scrambling to keep up, especially in skilled positions like threat hunting. Managed services, a potent tactic to strengthen your defenses and increase the strength of even the smallest teams in their battle against foes, come into play at this point. Imagine having access to a pool of specialized talent who are prepared to improve the threat-hunting skills of your current team. This involves enhancing your capabilities, presenting new viewpoints, and bringing tried-and-true solutions to your cybersecurity needs rather than just filling in the blanks.
With Unparalleled Threat Intelligence, Navigate the Threat Landscape With Confidence
Your thorough manual for navigating the treacherous terrain is provided by WatchTower flash and monthly reports. To better understand your surroundings and plan your next move, obtain specialized insights. In order to provide customers with increased effectiveness, more accurate predictions, and more precise countermeasures against threats, we are utilizing the power of machine learning and AI and incorporating them into our threat hunting algorithms. When you can have the best of both, why choose between human expertise and cutting-edge technology?
For a thorough analysis of the top cyber threats from 2023 and projections for 2024, read this year’s WatchTower-2023 End of Year Report.
An improved set of atomic and behavioral IOC hunting capabilities are now available thanks to WatchTower’s integration of expanded intelligence sources. The scope of threat detection is greatly increased by the rapidly expanding libraries for Linux, OS X, and cloud behavioral hunting. Additionally, WatchTower automates forensic artifact collection and host-based YARA for hunt verifications.
Combining WatchTower Services with our Vigilance MDR and DFIR services ensures that a skilled investigation and response team quickly responds to and mitigates all threats, even those detected through WatchTwer’s enhanced visibility.
Risk Reduction 24 x 7
Adopting SentinelOne’s WatchTower services results in considerable risk reduction across business operations by providing continuous and proactive threat identification. With Real-time threat hunting 24 hours a day, investigation, and containment, threats are identified and contained before they can disrupt your business. WatchTower covers a wide spectrum of threats ranging from hidden Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) and covert cyber crime to policy misuse and insider threats. Even vulnerabilities resulting from poor security practices or environmental factors are addressed.
Additionally, WatchTower Pro offers a designated threat hunter who thoroughly assesses your environment’s risks and compromises. The effectiveness of these preventative measures is greatly increased by incorporating machine learning and AI into threat-hunting algorithms.
Conclusion
Not only is staying one step ahead of threats a lofty goal, but it is also essential for business. You have the resources, knowledge, and experience to handle any head-on challenges thanks to SentinelOne’s range of cutting-edge security services, which includes the recently updated WatchTower and WatchPro.
We are prepared to improve your security posture, whether it be identifying covert threats with AI-powered threat hunting or fortifying your defenses with our globally dispersed team of seasoned threat hunters. SentinelOne helps you proactively anticipate and eliminate risk before it can have an impact on your business. We’re not just about responding to threats.