A system and method for adaptively securing a protected entity against cyber-threats. The method includes: activating a security application configured to handle a cyber-threat; receiving a plurality of feeds during a runtime of the security application; analyzing the plurality of received feeds to determine if the security application is required to be re-programmed to perform an optimized action to efficiently protect against the cyber-threat; and re-programming, during the runtime, the security application, when it is determined that the security application requires performance of the optimized action.