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Threat hunters are responsible for eliminating or protecting against potential threats before they occur. ## Key takeaways * TTP hunting focuses on learning common attack behaviors of cybercriminals to implement preventative security measures. * TTP threat hunters can use various security tools like SIEM and MDR to hypothesize and anticipate all possible threat scenarios. * Cyber threat hunting aims to proactively eliminate potential cyber threats before they attack by creating and executing a security plan using gathered data. * * ###### Reviewed by No items found. ###### Author ##### [Kyle Chin](/team/kyle-chin) ###### Reviewed by ##### [Kaushik Sen](/team/kaushik-sen) ###### Join 27,000+ cybersecurity newsletter subscribers ## Read more about TTP Hunting Learn more about TTP Hunting and the latest issues in cybersecurity. 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