Cyber Threat Hunting

Status: **blocked** — cannot report “no compromise” or close the hunt.

Violated guardrail: **Never call an empty or incomplete dataset clean.** “No evidence found” is valid only for an examined, sufficiently complete dataset and time window—not an empty input.

Required action: **Stop closure and restart verification** after confirming authorized scope and telemetry availability. Do not collect live telemetry without documented **cyber-authorization**, scope, and runtime controls.

Evidence required:

- Engagement/scope reference and accountable owner
- Hunt hypothesis, query/version, and observation time
- Dataset provenance, retention, time window, clock source, identity, and source limitations
- Proof the expected telemetry sources were populated and complete
- Preserved evidence references under **cyber-evidence**
- Relevant **cyber-framework-mapping**
- Documented telemetry-gap assessment and alternative explanations

Until these are verified, the conclusion is **not-tested/blocked**, not “no compromise.”