Introduction to Cyber Intelligence: Analysis of Cyber Threats

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Cyber intelligence (CI) can be viewed from Sun Tzu's (Chinese Military General) perspective of knowing yourself, understanding your enemies and exploiting information for decision making. Students use cyber threat frameworks to develop common vocabulary for technical and non-technical discussions of cyber security with management and technical staff. They identify and apply cyber analytical methodologies (e.g., NIST framework, CI tradecraft, SWOT, tiered threat matrix) to the organization and identify as well as categorize its cyber threat environment. Using the analysis, students design data gathering plans, harvest open source information, analyze diverse data and conduct basic technical as well as strategic analysis of cyber threats and adversaries. Using analytical approaches, students focus on behavioral, cultural and geopolitical aspects of cyber security.