Course
Analyzing the Threat Landscape
This course teaches how to compare, contrast, and categorize cybersecurity threats and threat profiles and perform ongoing threat landscape research to prepare for incidents.
Course description
Now that you have a foundational understanding of the importance of risk management, you're ready to begin meeting security problems head-on. You need to figure out just what and who it is you're up against as you defend your organization from harm. The threat landscape is huge, diverse, and most important of all, ever-changing. By analyzing the very nature of threats to your organization, you can obtain crucial knowledge to aid in the active defense of your computing and network environments.
Syllabus
Perform Ongoing Threat Research
Video - 00:20:00
This video looks at sources for threat intelligence, commonly targeted resources and the latest vulnerabilities and exploits.
Classify Threats and Threat Profiles
Video - 00:14:00
This video explains the nature of threats and threat actors and their sources, motivations and intentions.
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Associated NICE Work Roles
All Infosec training maps directly to the NICE Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity to guide you from beginner to expert across 52 Work Roles.
- All-Source Analyst
- Mission Assessment Specialist
- Exploitation Analyst
Plans & pricing
Infosec Skills Personal
$299 / year
- 190+ role-guided learning paths (e.g., Ethical Hacking, Threat Hunting)
- 100s of hands-on labs in cloud-hosted cyber ranges
- Custom certification practice exams (e.g., CISSP, Security+)
- Skill assessments
- Infosec peer community support
Infosec Skills Teams
$799 per license / year
- Team administration and reporting
- Dedicated client success manager
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Integrations via API
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- 190+ role-guided learning paths and assessments (e.g., Incident Response)
- 100s of hands-on labs in cloud-hosted cyber ranges
- Create and assign custom learning paths
- Custom certification practice exams (e.g., CISSP, CISA)
- Optional upgrade: Guarantee team certification with live boot camps
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