Conducting Threat Hunting and Defending using Cisco Technologies for CyberOps

This training will help you:

• Learn how to perform a proactive security search through networks, endpoints, and datasets to hunt for malicious, suspicious, and risky activities that may have evaded detection by existing tools
• Gain leading-edge career skills focused on cybersecurity
• Prepare for the 300-220 CBRTHD v1.0 exam
• Earn 40 CE credits toward recertification

After taking this training, you should be able to:

• Define threat hunting and identify core concepts used to conduct threat hunting investigations
• Examine threat hunting investigation concepts, frameworks, and threat models
• Define cyber threat hunting process fundamentals
• Define threat hunting methodologies and procedures
• Describe network-based threat hunting
• Identify and review endpoint-based threat hunting
• Identify and review endpoint memory-based threats and develop endpoint-based threat detection
• Define threat hunting methods, processes, and Cisco tools that can be utilized for threat hunting
• Describe the process of threat hunting from a practical perspective
• Describe the process of threat hunt reporting

• Security Operations Center staff
• Security Operations Center (SOC) Tier 2 Analysts
• Threat Hunters
• Cyber Threat Analysts
• Threat Managers
• Risk Managements

There are no prerequisites for this training. However, the knowledge and skills you are recommended to have before attending this training are:
• General knowledge of networks and network security
These skills can be found in the following Cisco Learning Offerings:
• Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA)
• Understanding Cisco Cybersecurity Operations Fundamentals (CBROPS)
• Performing CyberOps Using Cisco Security Technologies (CBRCOR)

Course Outline 1. Threat Hunting Theory 2. Threat Hunting Concepts, Frameworks, and Threat Models 3. Threat Hunting Process Fundamentals 4. Threat Hunting Methodologies and Procedures 5. Network-Based Threat Hunting 6. Endpoint-Based Threat Hunting 7. Endpoint-Based Threat Detection Development 8. Threat Hunting with Cisco Tools 9. Threat Hunting Investigation Summary: A Practical Approach 10. Reporting the Aftermath of a Threat Hunt Investigation Lab Outline 1. Categorize Threats with MITRE ATTACK Tactics and Techniques 2. Compare Techniques Used by Different APTs with MITRE ATTACK Navigator 3. Model Threats Using MITRE ATTACK and D3FEND 4. Prioritize Threat Hunting Using the MITRE ATTACK Framework and Cyber Kill Chain 5. Determine the Priority Level of Attacks Using MITRE CAPEC 6. Explore the TaHiTI Methodology 7. Perform Threat Analysis Searches Using OSINT 8. Attribute Threats to Adversary Groups and Software with MITRE ATTACK 9. Emulate Adversaries with MITRE Caldera 10. Find Evidence of Compromise Using Native Windows Tools 11. Hunt for Suspicious Activities Using Open-Source Tools and SIEM 12. Capturing of Network Traffic 13. Extraction of IOC from Network Packets 14. Usage of ELK Stack for Hunting Large Volumes of Network Data 15. Analyzing Windows Event Logs and Mapping Them with MITRE Matrix 16. Endpoint Data Acquisition 17. Inspect Endpoints with PowerShell 18. Perform Memory Forensics with Velociraptor 19. Detect Malicious Processes on Endpoints 20. Identify Suspicious Files Using Threat Analysis 21. Conduct Threat Hunting Using Cisco Secure Firewall, Cisco Secure Network Analytics, and Splunk 22. Conduct Threat Hunt Using Cisco XDR Control Center and Investigate 23. Initiate, Conduct, and Conclude a Threat Hunt