Pattern Detection
Noun · Security & Infosec
Definitions
The identification of recurring structures, sequences, or anomalies in data that indicate suspicious or meaningful behavior. In security, pattern detection is used across logs, traffic, identities, and malware analysis to spot activity that single events would not make obvious.
In plain English: Finding meaningful repeated or unusual patterns in data.
Example: "Pattern detection across login events exposed a low-volume password spray that no single alert threshold had caught."