• Online, Self-Paced
Course Description

This course is designed for analysts involved in incident response and countermeasures implementation. It aims to help the student better understand Snort/Sourcefire rules, how to use them, and how to write them. Students also practice analyzing a malware report and implementing the technical information in Sourcefire rules.

Learning Objectives

Understand how to write regular expressions, create signatures, identify poorly written signatures, as well as identify information in PCAP data and malware analysis to use for creating alerts

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs) identified within the Specialty Areas listed below. Click to view Specialty Area details within the interactive National Cybersecurity Workforce Framework.