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Threat Intelligence Analyst — career path

StationX Advanced

Know the adversary before they arrive. Security+ first, then open-source intelligence tradecraft, the CTI models and frameworks, and the intelligence labs — CySA+ is the natural certification after it.

The path

Step 1 — Security foundation

The baseline virtually every CTI job spec requires.

follows a certification path

Learn

Step 2 — OSINT tradecraft

Find, verify and pivot on open sources without tipping anyone off.

3 courses

Learn

  • CourseOSINT: Open-Source Intelligence 🔒 StationX Unlimited
    21 sections · 140 lectures
    1. Training Overview 2
    2. Introduction 10
    3. Reporting 2
    4. Getting started 5
    5. About sock puppets 6
    6. Data collection 5
    7. Advance searching 8
    8. Reverse searches 7
    9. Employee and employer searches 1
    10. People searches 11
    11. Website OSINT 7
    12. The Darkweb 6
    13. Various browser plugins 5
    14. Social media 14
    15. OSINT Frameworks 1
    16. Miscellaneous 9
    17. Bringing it all together 14
    18. Additional content 8
    19. Bonus 6
    20. Additional Content 12
    21. Audio Version of Training 1
  • CourseOSINT: Open-Source Intelligence Level 2 🔒 StationX Unlimited
    32 sections · 106 lectures
    1. Training Overview 1
    2. Introduction 3
    3. Setting up our virtual machine with Virtualbox 1
    4. Checklist 2
    5. Website crawling tools 7
    6. Social Engineering 4
    7. Home ownership 2
    8. Encryption 4
    9. Canary Tokens 2
    10. Nmap/Zenmap 1
    11. Checking usernames 2
    12. Search code 2
    13. VPN 2
    14. Criminal checks 5
    15. Additional Twitter tools 5
    16. Additional Facebook tools 2
    17. Reddit 1
    18. Instagram 3
    19. Plagiarism Check 1
    20. Sock puppets 3
    21. Dating 5
    22. Other people search 8
    23. Politics 4
    24. Business 7
    25. Bitcoin 2
    26. Vehicle 5
    27. Darkweb 7
    28. Images 5
    29. Investigation 3
    30. Identifying and dealing with misinformation 2
    31. In closing and bonuses 4
    32. Audio Version of Training 1
  • CourseThe Secrets of OSINT (Open-source Intelligence) 🔒 StationX Unlimited
    8 sections · 36 lectures
    1. Training Overview 2
    2. Introduction 2
    3. Section 1 : Going undercover 4
    4. Section 2 : Recruiting Intelligence Sources 8
    5. Section 3 : How to Make Search Engines Talk 5
    6. Section 4 : How to Interrogate Social Networks 8
    7. Section 5 : Loading Heavy Guns 6
    8. Audio Version of Training 1
Free resources

Step 3 — Cyber threat intelligence core

The Kill Chain, the Diamond Model, ATT&CK and how a CTI team actually runs.

3 courses · 29 labs

Learn

  • CourseCyber Threat Intelligence - Basics & Fundamentals 🔒 StationX Unlimited
    11 sections · 68 lectures
    1. Training Overview 2
    2. Introduction 4
    3. Definitions & Fundamentals 15
    4. Cyber Threat Intelligence Objectives 6
    5. CTI Specific Models 15
    6. CTI Reports - Examples 3
    7. Use case 1 - Ransomware group Primo-Analysis 8
    8. Use Case 2 - Darkweb Monitoring 8
    9. Use Case 3 - Adversary Controlled Infrastructure Hunting 5
    10. Conclusion 1
    11. Audio Version of the Training 1
  • CourseHands-On Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) Team Building Series 🔒 StationX Unlimited
    1 section · 2 lectures
    1. Hands-On Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) Team Building Series 2
  • CourseMITRE ATT&CK Framework Essentials 🔒 StationX Unlimited
    6 sections · 35 lectures
    1. Training Overview 2
    2. Section 1: Introduction 9
    3. Section 2: Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTP's) 12
    4. Section 3: Other Learning Resources 4
    5. Section 4: Update - Adversarial Threat Landscape for AI Systems 7
    6. Audio Version of Training 1

Where this leads

Advanced · after the job

The AI-Driven Threat Intelligence Analyst

Senior roles are going to the people who can direct AI to build security solutions. When you're working in the role and ready for that step, the AI Master's Program is where it's taught — an advanced, application-only programme.

See the AI Master's Program →Application-only. A separate programme for when you're ready.