Automated Threat Detection
Noun · Security & Infosec
Definitions
Security detection performed automatically through rules, analytics, or machine-assisted logic rather than solely by human review. It is essential for scale, but quality depends on tuning, context, and response workflows.
In plain English: Automatically identifying suspicious security activity using systems and rules.
Example: "Automated threat detection surfaced the beaconing pattern before any analyst noticed the host manually."
Related Terms
- Anomaly Detection
- HIDS
- Host-Based Intrusion Detection
- IDS
- Intrusion Detection System
- Network Intrusion Detection
- NIDS
- Auto-Discovery
- Automated Response
- Automated Scanning
- Canary
- CAPTCHA Solving
- Continuous Monitoring
- Detection Gap
- Detection Rule
- Failban
- Health Check Security
- Incident Detection
- IOC
- IPS
- Mean Time to Detect
- Monitoring Rule
- Network Probe
- Network Telemetry
- Network Traffic Analysis
- Passive Scanning
- Predictive Security
- Privileged Session
- Process Monitor
- Real-Time Alerting
- Real-Time Response
- Response Automation
- Rule Engine
- Runtime Protection