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  "description": "Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting is a managed threat hunting service that proactively searches for advanced threats across Microsoft Defender data. It combines automated technology with human expertise to identify suspicious activity and provide guided response recommendations for security operations centers.",
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  "category": "Cybersecurity",
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  "updatedAt": "2026-04-09T23:17:54.302+00:00",
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    "website": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/services/microsoft-defender-experts-for-hunting",
    "founded": "2022",
    "headquarters": "Redmond, WA",
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    "key_differentiator": "Direct access to Microsoft's own security researchers and the world's largest threat intelligence signal.",
    "target_markets": "Enterprise corporations, government agencies, organizations with mature SOCs.",
    "employee_count": "Not publicly available",
    "funding_stage": "Not publicly available",
    "subcategory": "Managed Detection and Response (MDR)"
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      "In-house Threat Hunting: Security operations teams manually querying Kusto Query Language (KQL) within the Microsoft Defender portal.",
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      "Alternative XDR Platforms: Deploying standalone specialized EDR/XDR tools that provide their own managed hunting tiers or automated detection."
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