Security Threat Intelligence Competency (Intermediate Level)

Topics covered

• create, modify, and delete user accounts in a Linux system
• define an Advanced Persistent Threat and its purpose
• define the function of security architecture and name related frameworks
• describe common security vulnerabilities in code that can lead to exploits
• describe the elements that make up a scripting language in contrast to a full-fledged computer program
• describe the motives behind an APT and the probable targets
• describe the standard information security roles within an organization
• differentiate using examples what exposure, threat or risk, security attack, exploits or breach of security, and impact/severity mean
• identify APT defense best practices
• identify the methods that can be used to make the APT defenses stronger
• identify the structure of common executable formats based on their binary signatures
• illustrate using examples common actions from daily work-life that expose people to security risks
• list and describe the critical information security issues -confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, non-repudiation, privacy, and trust
• list the steps of the APT lifecycle
• outline the core foundational concepts of information security and recognize why it is important to an organization
• recall what is meant by information security, what it protects, and how it protects it
• recognize the importance of threat identification and describe the concepts of threat modeling and threat identification sources and methods
• recognize the standard security threats to an organization
• verify the integrity of a downloaded files based on its hash value