What Does Active Threat Management Mean?

In IT, active threat management means working proactively to defend networks and systems against active threats. The term creates confusion because it is so commonly used in the field of physical security against an active threat, such as an active shooter. In IT, active threat management can mean managing an active threat, or taking an approach to threat management that is active.

Techopedia Explains Active Threat Management

Here are examples of both of these meanings. Managing active threats means identifying a threat to the system, be it a worm, virus or piece of malware, that is currently active in a system, and mitigating risk and damage by controlling and containing it.