Software Engineering Institute

With the rapidly changing nature of cyber threats and high-profile exploitations of vulnerabilities, organizations are recognizing the need to address the systemic analytical challenges of cyber intelligence.

This course presents a non-technical approach to cyber intelligence for organizational managers and decision-makers. It explains the important contextual understanding of cyber intelligence with regard to your organization and the organizational roles and competencies involved. This asynchronous, video-based course enables managers and executives to understand what cyber intelligence means for their organization and how to use cyber intelligence to improve the way they make decisions. You will learn a structured approach that can be applied to your organization to understand, evaluate, and assess cyber intelligence vulnerabilities using the Analytic Framework from the research of the SEI Cyber Intelligence Tradecraft Project.

The eLearning course contains two hours of video instruction and exercises that apply the concepts presented.

• Executives
• Managers
• Team Leads

At the completion of the course, learners will understand:

• The role of cyber intelligence for your organization
• The cyber threat environment for your organization
• The role of the executive leader regarding organizational cyber intelligence practices
• Potential risk factors in the absence of preventative measures
• Core competencies and skills recommended for an intelligence team
• The use of an analytical framework to develop analytical acumen for cyber intelligence

• The Definitions of Cyber Intelligence and Related Concepts
• Cyber Intelligence in the Workplace - Organizational roles
• Cyber Intelligence in the Workplace - Operations
• Analytical Threat Engagement
• Assessing and Prioritizing Threats
• Preventative Cyber Intelligence Measures
• Skills Required for Intelligence Analysts

This course is taught by SEI research scientist Jay McAllister by means of recorded video lectures. Course exercises are included to assist your comprehension of the concepts presented. Learners will also be able to access additional resources related to the subject matter, including a downloadable copy of the course presentation slides.

This course has no prerequisites.

To access the SEI Learning Portal, your computer must have the following:

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• Mobile Operating Systems: iOS 9, Android 6.0
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