Duration: 3 days days – 21 hrs
Overview
The Threat Hunting Training course is a comprehensive program designed to provide participants with a deep understanding of threat hunting techniques and the critical role played by threat hunters in modern cybersecurity operations. This course empowers individuals with the knowledge and skills necessary to proactively detect and mitigate potential threats within an organization’s network and systems.
Objectives
- Understand the importance of threat hunting response: Recognize the significance of proactive threat hunting response as a crucial component of cybersecurity operations.
- Learn threat intelligence integration: Understand how to effectively integrate threat intelligence into the threat hunting response process for improved incident detection and response.
- Develop incident analysis skills: Acquire the knowledge and skills needed to analyze incidents, assess their severity, and determine the appropriate response actions.
- Enhance threat detection capabilities: Learn advanced techniques and methodologies for detecting and identifying potential threats within an organization’s network and systems.
- Strengthen incident response coordination: Understand the importance of coordinated incident response efforts and learn how to collaborate effectively with incident response teams.
- Familiarize with threat hunting response tools and technologies: Gain hands-on experience with various tools and technologies used in threat hunting response, including threat intelligence platforms, log analysis tools, and incident response systems.
- Improve incident prioritization and mitigation: Learn how to prioritize incidents based on their potential impact and develop effective mitigation strategies to minimize the damage caused by threats.
- Enhance threat hunting response planning: Develop comprehensive threat hunting response plans that align with organizational goals and regulatory requirements.
- Stay updated on emerging threats and trends: Explore the latest trends and emerging threats in the cybersecurity landscape and understand how they impact threat hunting response strategies.
- Practice real-world scenarios: Engage in practical exercises and simulations that simulate real-world threat hunting response scenarios to reinforce learning and enhance skills.
Audience
- Cybersecurity professionals: Security analysts, incident responders, and SOC (Security Operations Center) personnel who are involved in threat detection, incident analysis, and response activities.
- IT administrators: System administrators, network administrators, and IT support personnel responsible for maintaining the security of the organization’s infrastructure.
- Threat intelligence analysts: Professionals responsible for collecting, analyzing, and leveraging threat intelligence data to enhance threat hunting and incident response capabilities.
- Security managers and executives: Decision-makers and managers responsible for overseeing cybersecurity operations and ensuring effective threat hunting response within their organizations.
- IT auditors and compliance professionals: Individuals involved in assessing and validating the effectiveness of threat hunting response processes and controls within the organization.
- IT professionals interested in enhancing their cybersecurity skills: Those looking to expand their knowledge and skills in proactive threat hunting and incident response to better protect their organization’s assets.
Prerequisites
- Basic understanding of cybersecurity concepts and terminology.
- Familiarity with incident response and cybersecurity incident handling processes.
- Knowledge of networking principles, protocols, and infrastructure.
- Experience with using common cybersecurity tools and technologies.
- Familiarity with threat intelligence concepts and sources.
- Basic understanding of log analysis and security event correlation.
- Familiarity with common cyber threats and attack vectors.
- Proficiency in using operating systems and navigating command-line interfaces.
- Basic knowledge of risk management and mitigation strategies.
Course Content
Introduction to Threat Intelligence
- Understanding Intelligence
- Understanding Cyber Threat Intelligence
- Overview of Threat Intelligence Lifecycle and Frameworks
Cyber Threats and Kill Chain Methodology
- Understanding Cyber Threats
- Understanding Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs)
- Understanding Cyber Kill Chain
- Understanding Indicators of Compromise (IoCs)
Requirements, Planning, Direction, and Review
- Understanding Organization’s Current Threat Landscape
- Understanding Requirements Analysis
- Planning Threat Intelligence Program
- Establishing Management Support
- Building a Threat Intelligence Team
- Overview of Threat Intelligence Sharing
- Reviewing Threat Intelligence Program
Data Collection and Processing
- Overview of Threat Intelligence Data Collection
- Overview of Threat Intelligence Collection Management
- Overview of Threat Intelligence Feeds and Sources
- Understanding Threat Intelligence Data Collection and Acquisition
- Understanding Bulk Data Collection
- Understanding Data Processing and Exploitation
Data Analysis
- Overview of Data Analysis
- Understanding Data Analysis Techniques
- Overview of Threat Analysis
- Understanding Threat Analysis Process
- Overview of Fine-Tuning Threat Analysis
- Understanding Threat Intelligence Evaluation
- Creating Runbooks and Knowledge Base
- Overview of Threat Intelligence Tools
Intelligence Reporting and Dissemination
- Overview of Threat Intelligence Reports
- Introduction to Dissemination
- Participating in Sharing Relationships
- Overview of Sharing Threat Intelligence
- Overview of Delivery Mechanisms
- Understanding Threat Intelligence Sharing Platforms
- Overview of Intelligence Sharing Acts and Regulations
- Overview of Threat Intelligence Integration
