Overview
The Certified Threat Intelligence Analyst (CTIA) course is a comprehensive program designed to equip cybersecurity professionals with the knowledge and skills to proactively collect, analyze, and disseminate threat intelligence. This training enables organizations to anticipate and counteract cyber threats effectively, ensuring robust security measures are in place.
Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
Prerequisites
- Basic understanding of cybersecurity concepts.
- Prior experience in network security and incident response is beneficial but not mandatory.
Course Outline
- Definition and essential terminology.
- Intelligence vs. information vs. data.
- Integrating threat intelligence into security operations.
- Overview of Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs).
- Understanding the Cyber Kill Chain methodology.
- Introduction to the MITRE ATT&CK Framework.
- Steps to planning a threat intelligence program.
- Setting requirements and objectives.
- Reviewing and refining threat intelligence strategies.
- Types of threat intelligence feeds and sources.
- Data collection methods, including OSINT and HUMINT.
- Processing and exploiting collected data.
- Techniques for analyzing threat data.
- Identifying patterns and indicators of compromise.
- Utilizing analytical tools and methodologies.
- Creating actionable threat intelligence reports.
- Dissemination strategies and best practices.
- Collaboration and sharing protocols.