Cybr thrt hntng s prctv cybr dfnc ctvty. t s "th prcss f prctvly nd trtvly srchng thrgh ntwrks t dtct nd slt dvncd thrts tht vd xstng scrty sltns." Ths s n cntrst t trdtnl thrt mngmnt msrs, sch s frwlls, ntrsn dtctn systms (DS), mlwr sndbx (cmptr scrty) nd SM systms, whch typclly nvlv n nvstgtn f vdnc-bsd dt ftr thr hs bn wrnng f ptntl thrt. Thrt nlyst Lsly Crhrt sttd tht thr s n cnsnss mngst prcttnrs wht thrt hntng ctlly ntls.