Course Overview
In today’s complex threat landscape, reactive security measures are no longer sufficient. Organizations need actionable threat intelligence to anticipate, detect, and respond to evolving cyber risks.
This Threat Intelligence Analysis and Cyber Defense Training Course provides participants with practical skills to collect, analyze, and use intelligence to drive proactive defense strategies. It covers intelligence frameworks, data sources, adversary tactics, and integration with SOC and incident response workflows.
Through case studies, intelligence analysis exercises, and simulation labs, participants will gain expertise to build intelligence-driven cyber defense programs.
Course Benefits
Strengthen intelligence-driven defense strategies.
Analyze adversary tactics and emerging threats.
Apply frameworks for structured threat intelligence.
Improve SOC and incident response effectiveness.
Build resilience against targeted attacks and APTs.
Course Objectives
Explore fundamentals of cyber threat intelligence (CTI).
Identify intelligence sources and collection methods.
Apply analysis models (Diamond Model, Kill Chain, MITRE ATT&CK).
Integrate CTI into SOC and defense workflows.
Conduct hands-on intelligence analysis exercises.
Build communication strategies for intelligence sharing.
Develop long-term intelligence-driven defense programs.
Training Methodology
The course blends expert-led lectures, case studies, hands-on intelligence analysis labs, and SOC simulation exercises.
Target Audience
Threat intelligence analysts.
SOC teams and incident responders.
Cybersecurity engineers and managers.
Risk and defense strategy professionals.
Target Competencies
Cyber threat intelligence analysis.
Intelligence-driven cyber defense.
Threat frameworks and modeling.
SOC and incident response integration.
Course Outline
Unit 1: Introduction to Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI)
Role of intelligence in cyber defense.
Key definitions and lifecycle of CTI.
Case studies of intelligence-driven defense.
Importance of actionable intelligence.
Unit 2: Threat Intelligence Sources and Collection
Open-source intelligence (OSINT).
Commercial and community intelligence feeds.
Dark web monitoring and HUMINT.
Exercise: mapping intelligence sources.
Unit 3: Intelligence Analysis Frameworks
Diamond Model of intrusion analysis.
Cyber Kill Chain.
MITRE ATT&CK for adversary mapping.
Workshop: applying frameworks to a real case.
Unit 4: Operationalizing Threat Intelligence
Integrating CTI with SOC workflows.
Intelligence-led incident response.
Tools and platforms for CTI management.
Simulation: responding to an attack with CTI.
Unit 5: Building Long-Term Intelligence Programs
Sharing intelligence across industries (ISACs).
Building maturity in CTI programs.
Future trends: AI in threat intelligence.
Roadmap for intelligence-driven defense.
Ready to strengthen your defenses with intelligence-driven strategies?
Join the Threat Intelligence Analysis and Cyber Defense Training Course with EuroQuest International Training and gain the expertise to turn intelligence into proactive protection.
The Threat Intelligence Analysis and Cyber Defense Training Courses in Amsterdam equip professionals with advanced skills to identify, analyze, and mitigate cyber threats through intelligence-driven security operations. These programs are designed for cybersecurity analysts, SOC professionals, incident responders, and security managers who aim to strengthen their organization’s proactive defense posture and strategic decision-making capabilities.
Participants gain a comprehensive understanding of threat intelligence analysis, focusing on collecting, correlating, and interpreting data from multiple sources to anticipate and counter potential cyberattacks. The courses emphasize the intelligence lifecycle—covering data acquisition, processing, analysis, and dissemination—and explore how actionable intelligence supports detection, response, and long-term defense planning. Through hands-on exercises, participants learn to use open-source intelligence (OSINT), malware analysis, and threat-hunting tools to uncover indicators of compromise (IOCs) and attribute malicious activities to adversary groups.
These cyber defense training programs in Amsterdam blend analytical frameworks with practical applications, helping participants transform raw threat data into strategic insight. The curriculum covers topics such as adversary tactics and techniques (aligned with MITRE ATT&CK), threat modeling, cyber kill chain analysis, and intelligence sharing through platforms like STIX, TAXII, and MISP. Participants also explore integration of threat intelligence into SOC workflows, incident response strategies, and enterprise risk management systems.
Attending these training courses in Amsterdam provides professionals with a unique opportunity to engage with global cybersecurity experts in one of Europe’s most innovative technology hubs. The city’s collaborative security ecosystem enhances the exchange of knowledge and experience in advanced cyber defense practices. By completing this specialization, participants will be equipped to lead intelligence-led defense operations, anticipate emerging threats, and design adaptive strategies that strengthen organizational resilience in an ever-evolving cyber threat landscape.