This whitepaper provides a comprehensive checklist to help security teams begin effective threat hunting. It explains the purpose of threat hunting, places it in context within broader security operations, and outlines foundational steps such as establishing baseline visibility and expanding detection capabilities. The guide details the essential data sources teams should collect—including Sysmon, registry activity, command-line auditing, logon events, browser history, network traffic, DNS, proxy, firewall, DHCP, and domain controller logs—to uncover malicious behavior. It equips teams with the knowledge needed to build a structured, proactive hunting program.

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