The Problem
You're spending hours each week reacting to threats without a clear framework to prioritize or respond efficiently. The lack of a structured approach to cyber threat intelligence and incident response leaves gaps in detection, slows down investigations, and exposes your organization to repeat incidents. This playbook eliminates the guesswork, giving you a proven system to build, operationalize, and mature your program from day one.
What You Get
A 12-module course that builds mastery step by step:
- Foundations of Cyber Threat Intelligence
- Intelligence Requirements and Priority Planning
- Threat Actor Profiling and TTP Analysis
- Incident Triage and Escalation Protocols
- Digital Forensics Integration in Response Workflows
- Threat Hunting Methodologies
- Automating TI Feeds and SOAR Integration
- Post-Incident Review and Feedback Loops
✅ Actuarial Risk Exposure Matrix with Severity Scoring
✅ MITRE ATT&CK Mapping Workbook with Customizable Heatmaps
✅ Incident Classification and Triage Decision Framework
✅ Threat Intelligence Maturity Assessment (5-Level Model)
✅ Cross-Functional Stakeholder Map for IR Coordination
✅ Incident Response Runbook with Escalation Paths
✅ Threat Feed Evaluation Scorecard with Vendor Comparison Matrix
✅ KPI Dashboard for SOC Performance and MTTR Tracking
✅ Gap Analysis Template Aligned to NIST CSF and ISO 27001
✅ Implementation Roadmap with 30-60-90 Day Milestones
✅ Audit Compliance Checklist for DFIR Evidence Handling
✅ Threat Intelligence Dissemination Calendar Template
How It Is Organized
Start with the course to build a structured, end-to-end understanding of cyber threat intelligence and incident response. Once you've completed the foundational modules, move into the toolkit to implement what you've learned using ready-built files. The 10 practitioner journey folders guide you from initiation to sustainment: Getting Started helps you define scope and stakeholders; Assessment & Planning includes maturity models and gap analysis; Models & Frameworks aligns your work to MITRE, NIST, and VERIS; Processes & Handoffs ensures smooth SOC-to-IR coordination; Operations & Execution contains runbooks and triage workflows; Performance & KPIs tracks detection efficacy and response times; Quality & Compliance maintains audit readiness; Sustainment & Support covers training and feedback loops; Advanced Topics dives into automation and threat hunting; and Reference keeps all standards, acronyms, and playbooks in one place.
This Is For You If
- You have been asked to build a cyber threat intelligence program from scratch and need to show a plan by next quarter.
- Your incident response process is reactive, inconsistent, and lacks documented escalation paths.
- You're drowning in threat feeds but can't prioritize which intelligence actually matters to your environment.
- You've failed an audit due to missing evidence trails or undefined IR procedures.
- You're leading a SOC and need standardized playbooks to train analysts and reduce mean time to respond.
What Makes This Different
The course gives you the structured knowledge, the toolkit gives you the implementation files. Together, they cover the full journey from learning to doing, eliminating the months-long gap between understanding and execution.
Every template is designed to be filled in today, not shelved as theoretical. The Pro Tips sections include real-world adjustments, like how to adapt the triage framework when legal is unresponsive, or which fields auditors always check in incident logs.
Built by a team with 25 years of combined experience in security operations, incident response, and intelligence program development. This isn't a compilation of public frameworks, it's the complete system we used to stand up programs in high-pressure environments.
Get Started Today
This playbook gives you a complete, proven system: structured learning that builds expertise module by module, and implementation files you can adapt immediately to your environment. Skip the months of research, template drafting, and process redesign. Focus on execution, not reinvention, and start building a mature, defensible cyber threat intelligence and incident response capability from day one.
