{"id":14937,"date":"2026-03-27T12:27:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T16:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.netwitness.com\/?post_type=glossary&p=14937"},"modified":"2026-03-27T12:50:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T16:50:48","slug":"cyber-defense","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/www.netwitness.com\/it\/cyber-glossary\/cyber-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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What is Cyber Defense?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Cyber defense is the comprehensive strategy, technologies, and practices organizations employ to protect digital assets, networks, systems, and data from cyberattacks, cyber threats, and unauthorized access through continuous monitoring, threat detection, and active response capabilities.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Unlike passive cybersecurity measures that rely solely on preventative controls like firewalls and antivirus, modern cyber defense combines proactive threat hunting, real-time threat intelligence, behavioral analytics, and automated response mechanisms to <\/span>identify<\/span> and neutralize threats before they cause damage. <\/span><\/span>This\u00a0<\/span>holistic approach<\/span> integrates network security, endpoint security, data security, cloud threat detection, and incident response into a unified cyber defense strategy that adapts to the evolving cyber threat landscape.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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