Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) 101: Beginner’s Guide (2025)

Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) 101: Beginner’s Guide (2025)
Published 5/2025
Duration: 4h 6m | .MP4 1280×720, 30 fps(r) | AAC, 44100 Hz, 2ch | 870 MB

A practical, beginner-friendly guide to Cyber Threat Intelligence with real-world use cases.

What you’ll learn
– Understand the fundamentals of Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) and its importance in modern cybersecurity.
– Explore the CTI lifecycle including direction, collection, processing, analysis, and dissemination.
– Identify and differentiate between strategic, operational, tactical, and technical threat intelligence.
– Learn to use top CTI tools like MISP, VirusTotal, and others to gather and analyze threat data.
– Learn how to build and operationalize threat intelligence using Microsoft Sentinel, integrating CTI into a modern SOC environment.
– Understand how CTI supports SOC operations, incident response, and proactive threat hunting.

Requirements
– Willingness to learn and explore real-world cyber threats and intelligence tools.

Description
Are you ready to dive into the world ofCyber Threat Intelligence (CTI)and buildjob-ready skillsin one of the most in-demand areas of cybersecurity?

What You’ll Learn:

Section 1: Introduction to CTI

Understand what CTI is and why it’s critical to modern cybersecurity.

Learn through real-world analogies that make complex topics easy to grasp.

Section 2: CTI Lifecycle Explained

Follow the CTI lifecycle: Direction, Collection, Processing, Analysis, and Dissemination.

Learn how each phase supports threat detection and enables a proactive defense strategy.
Section 3: Types of Threat Intelligence

Dive into the four core types:Strategic, Tactical, Operational, and Technicalintelligence.

Understand how to apply them based on organizational needs and threat landscapes.

Section 4: Labs – Threat Intelligence in Microsoft Sentinel

Set up yourMicrosoft Azureenvironment and deployMicrosoft Sentinel.

ConfigureLog Analytics, explore theContent Hub, and integratethreat intelligence feedsincludingTTPs and IOCs.

Learn how to operationalize CTI in a cloud-native SOC platform.

Section 5: Tools Every Analyst Should Know

Explore thetop 5 threat intelligence tools, includingMISPfor threat sharing and enrichment.

See how these tools help track, analyze, and defend against real-world attacks using knownTTPs.

Who this course is for:
– Beginners who are curious about cybersecurity and want to understand how threat intelligence works.
– Students or recent graduates aiming to enter the cybersecurity field.
– IT professionals looking to pivot into threat intelligence or enhance their security knowledge.
– SOC analysts or blue teamers seeking to build a foundation in CTI and integrate Microsoft Sentinel.
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