Huntress is a managed cybersecurity platform designed to detect and eliminate persistent threats that have bypassed traditional antivirus and preventive security measures. It focuses on identifying "malicious footholds" or persistence mechanisms—ways attackers maintain long-term access to compromised systems by exploiting operating system features like services or scheduled tasks. Huntress uses a lightweight agent installed on endpoints to collect data, which is analyzed both automatically and by expert security analysts to detect intrusions. When a threat is found, Huntress provides detailed incident reports with actionable remediation instructions, helping IT teams remove threats before they cause significant damage. It supplements existing antivirus solutions by adding an extra layer of detection focused on attackers who have already gained access, thereby improving overall security posture and reducing risk of data loss or ransomware attacks.

Additionally, the term "huntress" traditionally means a female hunter, a woman who hunts game or wild animals, and is also used as a character archetype in literature and media5. However, in the cybersecurity context, Huntress specifically refers to this advanced threat detection platform.