SNS F508 Advanced Incident Response Threat Hunting and Digital Forensics - GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst GCFA
 
Course Description
This course equips professionals to detect investigate and remediate sophisticated security intrusions at enterprise scale. It combines rigorous forensic methodology with proactive threat hunting and coordinated incident response practices, enabling teams to identify advanced adversaries and contain incidents efficiently across diverse environments.
 
What You Will Learn
Detect and investigate advanced attacker activity across endpoints servers and networks
Perform endpoint and memory forensics using industry standard analysis techniques
Create detailed timelines and correlate evidence across multiple systems
Conduct triage and evidence acquisition at scale using remote collection approaches
Develop indicators of compromise and apply threat intelligence for proactive hunting
Coordinate incident response activities across technical and business stakeholders
 
Who This Course Is For
This course is designed for incident responders digital forensic analysts threat hunters SOC leaders security engineers and senior practitioners responsible for managing and responding to complex security incidents.
Hands On Training Experience
Learners participate in a realistic multi stage breach simulation that mirrors enterprise attack scenarios. Exercises require investigating coordinated intrusions analyzing malicious artifacts and delivering executive level incident reports under operational time pressure.
 
Course Outcomes
Detect and contain advanced threats more quickly and effectively
Reduce incident impact through structured response and recovery processes
Establish repeatable and measurable incident response workflows
Improve collaboration across multidisciplinary response teams