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Cyber Threat Intel: Actor Analysis

Threat actors drive today’s biggest cyber risks. This course will teach you how to analyze, attribute, and track adversaries using behavioral frameworks and build actionable actor profiles.

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What you'll learn

Organizations struggle to keep up with evolving cyber threats without understanding the actors behind them. In this course, Cyber Threat Intel: Actor Analysis, you’ll learn to profile, attribute, and track adversaries to strengthen your security decisions. First, you’ll explore how to identify key elements of threat actor profiles, including motivations, capabilities, and targeting. Next, you’ll discover how to use indicators, TTPs, and intelligence databases to build attribution hypotheses while recognizing the limits of attribution. Finally, you’ll learn how to apply behavioral frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK and the Diamond Model to compare actors and update profiles over time. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of threat actor analysis needed to produce actionable intelligence that supports detection, response, and strategic security planning.

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Kevin James - Pluralsight course - Cyber Threat Intel: Actor Analysis
Kevin James

As a seasoned technologist with over 30 years of wide-ranging expertise in information technology roles across diverse industries, Kevin is passionate about finding effective and economical solutions to business problems. His passion for teaching technical subjects allows him to have a particular style that imparts information yet teaches at the same time. He enjoys working with Linux, Unix and Windows Operating Systems and combined with a deep knowledge of software platforms as varied as Apache, MySQL, and others, has enabled him to successfully manage and maintain server infrastructures of all sizes, with his largest project encompassing over 800 servers across 4 continents. He believes in leveraging technology as a tool to make lives better and business flow more efficiently.

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