Cybersecurity/Threat Analyst

Catalog description

This course provides content in areas of computer networking and cybersecurity. Specifically, a deep dive into computer network standards, protocols, command line tools, and communications modalities. Also, coverage and analysis of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT),URL analysis, malware, threat hunting principles, and use of network data analysis tools. Students will complete training in MITRE ATT&CK with a focus on phish borne attacks such as ransomware and adversary tradecraft, with crossover to FOURSight tools supporting assessment in the ATT&CK framework. Students will then perform real-time analysis of live phishing threats using the FOURSight platform to aid municipalities, small businesses, and/or corporations in crowdsourced threat analysis and intelligence model.