Analyzing the Threat Landscape Course

This course teaches how to compare, contrast, and categorize cybersecurity threats and threat profiles and perform ongoing threat landscape research to prepare for incidents.

34 minutes

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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All Infosec training maps directly to the NICE Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity to guide you from beginner to expert across 52 Work Roles.

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