Transnational Cyber Intelligence-Driven Cybercrime and Crimeware Analyst
Transnational Cyber Intelligence‑Driven Cybercrime and Crimeware Analyst
Section |
Content |
Course Title |
Transnational Cyber Intelligence‑Driven Cybercrime and Crimeware Analyst |
Course Description |
Advanced self‑paced training immerses analysts in scenario‑driven simulations against global cybercrime actors. Structured analytic methods blend with Europol competency frameworks to teach disruption of AI‑augmented and financially integrated crime networks. Participants investigate ransomware‑as‑a‑service, darknet markets and cross‑border laundering, then apply insights in live injects and a full‑spectrum simulation lab. |
Target Audience |
Law enforcement investigators, cybercrime analysts, prosecutors, CERT teams, cryptocurrency and cybercrime investigators, cyber intelligence staff and intelligence professionals |
Prerequisites |
Basic understanding of intelligence tradecraft or prior experience in cyber or financial investigations recommended |
Learning Objectives |
Upon completion, participants will model adversary ecosystems with fourteen analytic techniques; trace illicit finance across decentralized platforms; construct cultural profiles using Hofstede’s dimensions; apply bias‑mitigation tools to analytic products; plan and execute OSINT and darknet collection workflows with chain‑of‑custody controls; map threat actor networks and payment pathways; integrate SIGINT, OSINT and AI‑derived intelligence; conduct tabletop simulations and produce field‑ready, structured intelligence reports. |
Course Format |
Recorded instructor‑led video/audio modules delivered on‑demand, supported by scheduled live web meetings, office hours and direct messaging |
Technical Requirements |
Internet access; modern web browser with permission to install extensions; ability to install necessary software on a PC or laptop |
Module Outline |
See module table below |
Assignments & Assessments |
Scenario exercises tied to each module; tabletop inject labs; quizzes on method application; final structured assessment in a full‑spectrum simulation |
Resources & Readings |
Europol IOCTA 2024 and cTCF materials; AI‑augmented writing and mapping templates; darknet forensic packs; over fifty downloadable reference guides and white papers |
Schedule & Timeline |
Self‑paced with unlimited on‑demand access |
Instructor Information |
[Instructor Name], [Title], [Brief Bio]. Contact via class email and scheduled office hours. |
Certification & Credits |
Completion awards approximately 52 Continuing Professional Education credits and Europol‑compatible certification in transnational cybercrime intelligence |
Module‑by‑Module Outline
Module # |
Module Title |
Summary of Topics Covered |
Assignment or Activity |
1 |
Foundations of Intelligence and OSINT in Transnational Cybercrime |
Students define intelligence operationally and approach OSINT as structured insight, not passive collection. Focus is on adversary reconnaissance phases—account priming, platform probing, and vulnerability mapping. Investigative workflows emphasize linguistic layering, pseudonym tracking, and surface-to-darknet transitions. Analysts initiate structured production with task-based outputs. |
Tool-based OSINT collection lab and first-stage intelligence report |
2 |
Stakeholder Analysis and Strategic Intelligence Framing |
Criminal ecosystem mapping through stakeholder domains and influence modeling. Students connect actors to infrastructure, illicit finance, and logistics. Injects reinforce pattern detection and support adversary profile creation. Strategic prioritization is practiced. |
Stakeholder mapping exercise and adversary profile creation |
3 |
Data Provenance, Collection Discipline, and Digital OPSEC |
Analysts build workflows emphasizing evidentiary integrity and legal admissibility. Browser captures, dark web monitoring, and timestamping are operationalized. OPSEC is embedded into persona development, response simulation, and exposure awareness. |
Digital OPSEC simulation and collection chain validation |
4 |
Cultural Profiling and Behavioral Mapping |
Analysts apply Hofstede’s dimensions to map regional behavior into cyber activity. TTPs are analyzed alongside deception patterns and organizational logic. Cases include Southeast Asian, Russian, and cartel adversaries. |
Behavioral mapping analysis and deception signal detection |
5 |
STEMPLES+ Indicators of Change and Predictive Signatures |
Students apply STEMPLES+ to monitor adversary shifts in tradecraft, cadence, and volatility. Predictive modeling identifies inflection points before escalation. Indicators are tracked across time and infrastructure. |
Predictive intelligence dashboard and volatility mapping |
6 |
Adversary Targeting and Actor Ecosystem Mapping |
Analysts move from recognition to targeting. Actor profiles are built from multi-source data. Internal economies and hierarchies are modeled. Targeting packages support disruption and legal action. |
Actor targeting package with hierarchical mapping |
7 |
Hybrid Threats, State Proxies, and Geopolitical Overlay |
Cybercrime is assessed as geopolitical activity. Ransomware links to sanctions evasion and proxy coordination. Infrastructure overlaps are traced in multi-domain simulation. |
Hybrid threat scenario assessment and attribution simulation |
8 |
Structured Analysis and Competing Hypotheses in Cybercrime |
Students apply ACH, red teaming, and futures methods to incomplete threat cases. Mirror imaging and deception signals are addressed through structured output. |
ACH matrix and futures projection on live scenario |
9 |
Cognitive Tradecraft and Bias Elimination in Intelligence Production |
Students confront bias, overconfidence, and cognitive distortion. Calibration exercises, estimative language, and real-time writing drills guide output under pressure. |
Bias mitigation report and pressured writing simulation |
10 |
Applied Analysis Types and Behavioral Intelligence Structuring |
All fourteen analytic types are applied to behavioral patterns. Students learn model selection under constraint, adversary intent modeling, and escalation chain briefings. |
Simulated escalation model and analytic method matching |
11 |
Intelligence Writing and Operational Report Development |
Students write CIIR-style reports, simulation debriefs, and decision-maker briefs. Reports move from interpretation to recommendation, measured for utility and transferability. |
CIIR report development and live brief simulation |
12 |
Insider Threats and Elicitation Methods |
Interviewers learn to test claims under pressure, probe for inconsistencies, and force impostors off-script. Video calls aren't just chats—they're forensic tests. From liveness checks to workspace scans, no angle is left unexamined. Candidates must code live, think out loud, and adapt on the fly. Their stories are stress-tested, their voices analyzed, their timelines cross-checked. Each step is layered—psychological pressure, linguistic traps, full-screen audits, cultural nuance. |
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13 |
Case Studies |
Full-spectrum adversary simulations close the course. Students track actors, respond to live injects, coordinate across jurisdictions, and write debriefs using standard formats. |
Capstone simulation and final adversary debrief |
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.
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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.