Practitioner
Certified Cyber Threat Analyst
2026 edition
Self-paced PECB training delivered via myPECB.
Global training partner Aegentra is an official PECB authorised training partner and an official CompTIA partner.
Gain the advanced skills to identify, analyse, and mitigate cyber threats before they cause damage. Certified Cyber Threat Analyst (CCTA) combines threat intelligence, attack frameworks, and threat modelling with hands-on practical labs focused on threat hunting — so you can proactively search for threats across your network, run a structured hunt program end to end, and report findings that measurably improve your organisation's security posture. The credential validates your ability to implement advanced threat-hunting techniques and streamlined processes in an increasingly hostile cyber environment.
- CPD credits
- 31
- Course languages
- English
Who it is for
- Cybersecurity professionals such as incident responders and SOC analysts
- IT professionals involved in managing and securing IT infrastructure
- Security managers and directors responsible for an organisation's security strategy
- Penetration testers and ethical hackers wanting insight into the latest threats and defensive techniques
- Individuals responsible for risk management, compliance, and governance
- Aspiring cybersecurity professionals building foundational threat-analysis skills
What you will learn
- Identify various types of cyber threats, understand their characteristics, and analyse their potential impact on organisational security.
- Establish robust incident response plans to manage and mitigate security breaches and cyberattacks.
- Use advanced threat-hunting techniques and tools to proactively search for and identify threats within a network.
- Formulate and validate threat-hunting hypotheses using data-driven approaches to surface potential threats.
- Design, implement, and continually improve threat-hunting programs within an organisation.
Course content
Day 1 — Cyber threat analysis and threat-hunting frameworks
- Cyber threats overview
- Cyber threat intelligence
- Cyber threat and attack frameworks
- Threat modelling
Day 2 — Prepare and execute a threat-hunting program
- Fundamentals of incident response and the management plan
- Prepare stage
- Execute stage
Day 3 — Analyse and knowledge phases
- Analyse stage
- Knowledge stage
- Threat-hunting deliverables
- Cyber threat-hunt reporting
Day 4 — Culture, monitoring, and continual improvement
- Threat-hunting metrics
- Awareness and training programs
- Monitoring and measurement
- Continual improvement
Day 5 — Certification exam
- PECB Certified Cyber Threat Analyst exam
- 3 hours, five competency domains
Prerequisites
- Before attending, understand the core principles and concepts of cybersecurity.
- The full credential has a separate professional-experience requirement assessed by PECB.
The exam
- Format
- Open-book, multiple-choice
- Duration
- 3 hours
- Questions
- 80 multiple-choice questions in the current English PECB examination record
- Pass mark
- 70%
What is included
Course materials
- 400+ pages of explanatory information, examples, and best practices
- Hands-on threat-hunting labs, exercises, and quizzes
- 12 months access via myPECB
Exam package
- Official PECB CCTA exam voucher
- 3-hour exam, remotely proctored
- Two attempts (initial + one free resit within 12 months)
- PECB digital certificate on pass