On-Demand - Self Paced - Generative AI - Cyber Intelligence Tradecraft - Certified Intelligence Analyst -
On Demand - Cyber Intelligence Tradecraft Cyber Intelligence Training Course Newly extended and updated content with Generative AI. On-Demand Cyber Intelligence Tradecraft Certification delivers 52 CPE hours across 15 generative-AI-enhanced modules, merging instructor-led video, live mentoring, and interactive lab work for a flexible sixteen-week path that adapts to each learner. Participants sharpen OSINT, darknet collection, structured analytic techniques, bias mitigation, and AI-powered reporting while meeting International Association for Intelligence Education standards. Completion grants Certified Threat Intelligence Analyst status. Flexible enrollment, corporate-email validation, and rolling office hours give practitioners global access to study at their pace while receiving direct guidance from Treadstone 71 founder Jeff Bardin. Secure your place and turn raw information into actionable intelligence.
Watch Promo
On‑Demand Self‑Paced Cyber Intelligence Tradecraft Certified Threat Intelligence Analyst
Registration runs as on-demand, defined on the main Cyber Intelligence Training Center registration page.
Validated and registered students will receive login and preparation information 1 week prior to class start. Prospective students must send an email to [email protected] from a corporate account to validate course eligibility before registration. (Corporate accounts are not Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, Mail, Hushmail, Protonmail, and the like). Treadstone 71 reserves the right to restrict course registration based upon certain risk factors.
This course follows the International Association for Intelligence Education Standards for Intelligence Analyst Initial Training. This course provides 52 CPE.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
| Content |
| On‑Demand Self‑Paced Cyber Intelligence Tradecraft: Certified Threat Intelligence Analyst |
| Newly extended tradecraft course refreshed on December 19 2024 combines instructor‑led video and audio modules with periodic live web meetings. Generative AI features appear throughout to enrich collection, analysis, writing and forecasting. Learners gain hands‑on practice with real‑world tools, case studies drawn from open sources and guided exercises designed for immediate application. |
| Intelligence analysts, advanced analysts and peer‑reviewers who prepare or critique analytical products; open‑source collectors and researchers; cybersecurity and incident response leadership; cyber risk and threat management professionals; CISOs, CIOs and security operations leaders; cybercrime investigators; analytic writers; consumers of internal or external intelligence reports; professionals curious about cyber intelligence tradecraft and AI‑assisted methods. |
| Corporate email address from a business domain (no free webmail) required for eligibility validation. |
| By course end, participants will describe the evolution of cyber intelligence and AI‑augmented collection; apply critical and creative thinking tools to mitigate bias; draft structured intelligence reports using AI‑powered writing assistants; execute advanced OSINT and darknet collection methods; employ AI‑driven fusion and geospatial analysis; configure anonymous browsing environments; validate sources and score credibility; develop prioritized information requirements; map adversary behavior with MITRE ATT&CK and Diamond models; conduct live case studies under simulated conditions; and deliver professional intelligence products aligned with IAFIE standards. |
| Fully self‑paced delivery via recorded instructor video/audio modules accessible on the Cyber Intelligence Training Center platform, supplemented by scheduled live web meetings, office hours and direct messaging support. |
| Internet access; modern web browser with permission to install extensions; ability to install required software on a PC or laptop. |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Quizzes, hands‑on labs and scenario exercises accompany each module. A capstone project tasks learners with producing an AI‑enhanced threat intelligence brief. Final assessment combines a structured analysis report and practical demonstration of tradecraft techniques. |
| Two core textbooks plus over fifty downloadable course documents, reference guides and white papers. Supplementary readings include standards from the International Association for Intelligence Education and vendor documentation for AI and OSINT tools. |
| Self‑paced with flexible access to all modules; no fixed start or end date. |
| Completion earns 52 Continuing Professional Education credits and certification as Threat Intelligence Analyst under IAFIE‑aligned standards. |
| Module Title |
| Evolution of Cyber Intelligence and AI‑Driven Collection |
| Critical Thinking and AI‑Assisted Bias Detection |
| Analytic Writing and AI Tools |
| Creative Thinking and Adversarial Simulation |
| Data Visualization and AI‑Assisted Presentations |
| Structured Analytic Techniques and Hypothesis Testing |
| Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Foresight |
| Anonymity, OPSEC and Passive Persona Setup |
| OSINT, Deep/Dark Web and Collection |
| Network and Influence Analysis |
| Technical Models |
| Source Validation, Credibility Scoring and Confidence Levels |
| Production Management and Dissemination |
| AI‑Enhanced Forecasting, Campaign Analysis and Bias Mitigation |
| Live Headline‑Based Case Studies |
All Case Studies use all methods, techniques, and tools referenced in the course material. The Case Studies used are straight from the headlines giving students real-world experience during the class.
All students receive 2 books and 50 plus course documents and other course material.The course delivers pragmatic and practical examples for attendees immediate use upon return to their organizations:
- Use language that is recognized across the intelligence assessment community.
- Assist stakeholders with intelligence requirements
- Understand what Intelligence is and is not
- Create useful intelligence requirements
- Develop collection plans with precise targeting and tool selection
- Provide evaluation and feedback necessary for improving intelligence production, intelligence reporting, collection requirements, and operations
- Skill in using multiple analytic tools, databases, and techniques such as divergent/convergent thinking, ACH, SATS, etc.)
- Skill in applying various analytical methods, tools, and techniques (e.g., competing hypotheses; chain of reasoning; scenario methods; denial and deception detection; high impact-low probability; network/association or link analysis; Bayesian, Delphi, and Pattern analyses)
- Knowledge of how to evaluate, analyze, and synthesize large quantities of data (which may be fragmented and contradictory) into high quality, fused intelligence products
- Execute safe collection in any environment
- Ensure data provenance during collection
- How to validate sources and data credibility
- Provide subject matter expertise in developing cyber operations indicators
- Consider efficiency and effectiveness of collection resources when applied against priority information requirements
- Facilitate continuously updated intelligence, surveillance, and visualization input for stakeholders
- Skill in identifying cyber threats which may jeopardize organization and supply chain interests
- Identify collection gaps and potential collection strategies against targets
- Knowledge of denial and deception techniques
- Knowledge of intelligence analytic reporting principles, methods, and templates.
- Ability to recognize and mitigate cognitive biases which may affect analysis
- Ability to clearly articulate intelligence requirements into well-formulated research questions and requests for information
- Ability to communicate complex information, concepts, or ideas in a confident and well-organized manner
- Ability to develop or recommend analytic approaches or solutions to problems and situations for which information is incomplete or for which no precedent exists
Target audience (who should attend):
This course is intended for
-Intelligence analysts, advanced analysts, those charged with peer review of reports, analytic writers, open-source intelligence collectors, researchers, cyber risk management professionals, incident response leadership, security operations leadership, CISO, CIO, students, cybercrime investigators, analytic report writers, recipients of internal and external intelligence (critical), curious professionals wishing to learn cyber intelligence tradecraft and intelligence strategies.
Requirements (knowledge pre-requisites)
Students should
-be familiar with Internet browsers, Office 365, general intelligence concepts
Students who complete the course will be certified as Cyber Intelligence Tradecraft Professional. 52 CPEs awarded for the course. This course is highly specialized following intelligence community tradecraft. You won't get this anywhere but from Treadstone 71. If you want purely technical, then this is not the course for you. If you want tradecraft that lays the foundation for a solid program, education that creates a lasting impact, then this is the course for you.
Course books and manuals will be provided to students upon accepted enrollment. This course follows traditional intelligence community tradecraft. Treadstone 71 has been teaching cyber intelligence courses in various forms for six years. From academic settings and corporate environments to government facilities. Our customers include some of the largest firms in the world many of whom are part of critical infrastructures recognizing the need to learn how to create intelligence (www.treadstone71.com). We support our training with onsite consulting services that teach you how to create a sustainable program aligned to stakeholders. Ultimately, we teach you what most vendors cannot or will not – how to fish for yourself.
This course combines lecture, research, and hands-on team assignments. Students are best served using a PC but a MAC will do (a virtual machine running windows on the Mac is best if you only have a Mac).
Course Accolades
“The Cyber Intelligence Training delivered and created by Jeff Bardin will add rapid returns to both Cyber Intel Analysts, and your Security Operations. This very thorough class adequately prepares the student for your Cyber Intelligence function. This class starts with the history of intelligence as a tradecraft and the evolution to the digital corporate world. Along the way, each student receives quality instruction and hands-on experience with today’s OSINT tools. This is necessary for anyone new to Cyber Intelligence and complimentary to any Security Operations within your enterprise. This class provides the student with the resources and fundamentals needed to establish cyber intelligence as a force as both a proactive offensive step and a counter intelligence-contributing arm of your larger team.”
“The class was very detail orientated with a strong focus on the work of Cyber threats and how to better secure your assets against potential attacks. For most scenarios, we went through he had an open-source tool, or the link to a paid version, to monitor or prevent the attacks from occurring. He was able to answer each and every question asked with specific details, and then some. I would sign up again right away for any other classes offered by Jeff.”
"Fantastic class that gets to the foundational aspects of traditional tradecraft. We studied hard examining recent attack campaigns. The analysis training prepared me for real-world efforts. Have to say this is one of the best classes I have ever taken having taken many from others and they do not compare. They are more of a class mill today. The Treadstone 71 course material is unique, focused, and timely."
“The Cyber Intelligence training offered by Treadstone71 is definitely an outstanding course and I recommend it for any organization looking to implement an intelligence capability. Jeff Bardin is extremely knowledgeable in the intelligence tradecraft and applies it to the cyber realm in a way that is understandable, exciting to learn, and makes it easy to achieve “quick wins” in the organization after completing his class. Jeff provided the class with a multitude of tools, templates, and documents that can immediately be used by any organization focused on intelligence collection and analysis. Jeff arrived well prepared to teach the course and one of the most impressive aspects of the class was that he presented the material in a way that displayed his personal knowledge and experience in the field rather than relying solely on book material. We intend to continue leveraging Jeff’s services as we mature our cyber intelligence capability and highly recommend Treadstone71’s services to any organization.”
“This is one of the best, if not the best, Cyber Threat Intelligence training course I've attended.”
“This course was excellent. I was concerned coming into it that I would already know all the course material (I have been doing this sort of work for 15 years, specifically the type of work this course covered). As it turns out, it was a good reminder of what I should be doing to improve structure and rigor, and provided good tools, some of which I had not seen before. If I was new to this field or looking for a good insight into how Intelligence should work (i.e.: most of the rest of the class), I believe this would have provided even more value. I have already recommended it to a couple of my former colleagues in this line of business and would happily recommend it for future use by ########.”
Course material is not for resale or commercial use outside the end-user license agreement. Course material may not be used for competitive purposes.
Your Instructor
Treadstone 71 is a woman and veteran-owned small business exclusively focused on cyber and threat intelligence consulting, services, and training. We are a pure-play intelligence shop.
Training dates and locations here
Since 2002, Treadstone 71 delivers intelligence training, strategic, operational, and tactical intelligence consulting, and research. We provide a seamless extension of your organization efficiently and effectively moving your organization to cyber intelligence program maturity. Our training, established in 2008, follows intelligence community standards as applied to the ever-changing threat environment delivering forecasts and estimates as intelligence intends. From baseline research to adversary targeted advisories and dossiers, Treadstone 71 products align with your intelligence requirements. We do not follow the create once and deliver many model. We contextually tie our products to your needs. Intelligence is our only business.
- We use intuition, structured techniques, and years of experience.
- We supply intelligence based on clearly defined requirements.
- We do not assign five people to do a job only one with experience.
- We do not bid base bones only to change order you to overspending.
We are known for our ability to:
- Anticipate key target or threat activities that are likely to prompt a leadership decision.
- Aid in coordinating, validating, and managing collection requirements, plans, and activities.
- Monitor and report changes in threat dispositions, activities, tactics, capabilities, objectives as related to designated cyber operations warning problem sets.
- Produce timely, fused, all-source cyber operations intelligence and indications and warnings intelligence products (e.g., threat assessments, briefings, intelligence studies, country studies).
- Provide intelligence analysis and support to designated exercises, planning activities, and time-sensitive operations.
- Develop or recommend analytic approaches or solutions to problems and situations for which information is incomplete or no precedent exists.
- Recognize and mitigate deception in reporting and analysis.
Assess intelligence, recommend targets to support operational objectives. - Assess target vulnerabilities and capabilities to determine a course of action.
- Assist in the development of priority information requirements.
- Enable synchronization of intelligence support plans across the supply chain.
- ...and Review and understand organizational leadership objectives and planning guidance non-inclusively.