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Behavioural analysis 🟩 Security method

L'behavioural analysis is a proactive detection method designed to identify suspicious activity by analysing the behaviour patterns of entities (users, systems, applications). Unlike traditional tools based on predefined signatures, this approach establishes a line of normal behaviour and alerts you to significant deviations (e.g. abnormal connections, unusual access to files, atypical network traffic).

 

Applications :

  • Advanced Threat Detection (zero-day, APTinternal threats).
  • Identification of compromised accounts (UEBA).
  • Monitoring of system processes to detect malicious activity.

 

Benefits :

  • Reduction of false positives by contextualising actions.
  • Adaptability to evolving attack techniques.
  • Complementary to traditional security solutions.
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