Cyber Intelligence Fundamentals

3 Credits

Provides students with an understanding of how to identify, track, and report on malicious activity. Students will learn to identify and work with malware and network data and pair it with a broader set of threat intelligence information to draw conclusions based on the totality of open source information and network intelligence. Students will gain a in depth understanding of the principles of cyber threat intelligence and techniques applied in the cyber threat industry. Students will engage in in-depth discussion and practice in evaluating and interpreting indicators of compromise, command and control, and artifacts left by malicious actors.