Structured Analytic Techniques: ACH, Threat Modeling and Attribution
Teaches how to turn collected threat data into unbiased, defensible assessments: statistical analysis, Analysis of Competing Hypotheses (ACH and SACH), threat modeling, indicator validation and attribution.
InstructorDr. Soner Çelik
Target audienceThreat intelligence analysts, intelligence and security researchers
Duration1 days
Training content
- Types of data analysis and statistical analysis
- Analysis of Competing Hypotheses (ACH) and Structured ACH (SACH)
- Threat modeling methodologies; threat analysis with the Diamond Model
- Validation and prioritization of threat indicators
- Fine-tuning and automation of analysis
- Threat intelligence evaluation and attribution
- Building runbooks and a threat knowledge base
At the end of this training, participants
- Test a threat question against competing hypotheses and reach a reasoned conclusion.
- Build a threat model suited to the organization.
- State the confidence level explicitly in attribution assessments.
- Prepare runbooks and a knowledge base for recurring analyses.
Training method
Live instructionCase studyGroup analysis workshop