Threat Hunting Essential Training

40mBeginner2023-02-02

Authors

Mike Wylie

Information Security Expert and Threat Manager

Course details

Just because an organization opts to spend a fortune on cybersecurity doesn’t mean that it’s immune to an attack. While properly configured technology can stop most of today’s cyber-attacks, hackers have become experts at evading detection. In this course, information security expert Michael Wylie gives you an introduction to threat hunting: a core skill for any cybersecurity professional tasked with detecting and isolating the most advanced, hard-to-find security threats.

Explore the key differences between proactive and reactive cybersecurity strategies as you learn to articulate the value of creating your own threat hunting program. Upon completing this course, you’ll be prepared to leverage some of the most important threat hunting methodologies and frameworks, including anomaly-based hunting, statistical modeling, hypothesis-driven hunting, the threat hunting lifecycle, MITRE ATT&CK, and Cyber Kill Chain.

Skills covered

Vulnerability ManagementIncident ResponseEssential TrainingCybersecurity

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome to threat hunting
02 - What you should know before starting this course

1. What Is Threat Hunting

03 - Threat hunting overview
04 - Understanding the value of threat hunting
05 - Introduction to proactive and reactive cyber defense

2. Foundations of Threat Hunting

06 - Key skills for threat hunting
07 - Common misconceptions of threat hunting
08 - Defining threat hunting goals and motivation

3. Threat Hunting Methodologies

09 - Threat intelligence driven hunting
10 - Anomaly-based hunting
11 - Statistical based hunting
12 - Hypothesis-driven hunting

4. Leveraging Frameworks

13 - Threat hunting life cycle
14 - MITRE ATT&CK
15 - Cyber Kill Chain

Conclusion

16 - Next steps