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Advanced Incident Response And Threat Hunting Training
Develop the threat hunting techniques, security incident response, and forensic evidence preservation skills that serious cyber incident response roles genuinely demand.
- UK Licensed
- Global Standards
- Expert Instructor
- 5 Day Training
- Overview
Course Overview
Most security teams are reactive. An alert fires, someone investigates, a ticket gets closed. What that cycle misses is everything that happened before the alert: the lateral movement that went undetected, the persistence mechanism that survived the remediation, and the threat actor still operating in the environment while the team declares the incident resolved.
This incident response training program changes that. It covers the full cyber incident response lifecycle from threat detection and threat hunting through containment, eradication, forensic evidence preservation, and cyber threat attribution analysis using SIEM, EDR, and memory forensics platforms across realistic attack scenarios.
This course covers the same core skill areas as SANS FOR508, delivered through GII’s hands-on lab and tabletop exercise format. It sits within our corporate training development portfolio alongside ethical leadership training and other tech certifications, bringing the same technically rigorous, operationally focused approach to incident response that we apply across our cybersecurity programs.
- Goals
Course Objectives
By the end of this program, attendees will be able to:
- Apply the incident response process across preparation, detection, containment, eradication, recovery, and lessons learned phases
- Apply threat hunting techniques to proactively identify adversary activity before automated detection systems surface it
- Conduct security threat detection using SIEM log analysis, EDR telemetry, and network traffic analysis across realistic attack scenarios
- Preserve forensic evidence correctly across memory acquisition, disk imaging, and chain of custody discipline
- Perform malware analysis training exercises covering behavioral analysis and indicator of compromise extraction
- Lead tabletop training exercises simulating ransomware, data breach, and insider threat scenarios across organizational response teams
- Key Points
Who Should Attend?
- Security Operations Center Analysts and Team Leads
- Incident Response Team Members and IR Managers
- Threat Hunters Building Proactive Detection Capability
- Security Engineers Supporting Incident Investigation
- Digital Forensics Professionals Adding IR Capability
- Organizations Building Internal Cyber Incident Response Capability
- Key Benefits
Key Benefits of the Course
- An incident response training program grounded in real ransomware, data breach, and insider threat scenarios
- Practical threat hunting techniques and security threat detection skills applicable from the next hunt cycle
- Stronger cyber incident response capability covering the full lifecycle from detection through attribution
- Clear forensic evidence preservation and malware analysis training methodology across memory and disk forensics
- A recognized credential from our certificate programs portfolio supporting progression toward senior incident response and threat hunting roles
- Outline
Course Outline
Day 1: Incident Response Fundamentals and IR Framework
- Covers the incident response process end to end preparation requirements, detection trigger evaluation, initial triage methodology, and the escalation discipline that determines whether an incident gets contained quickly or spreads while the team debates severity classification
- Introduces incident response frameworks and critical incident response protocols, showing how structured IR methodology prevents the improvised, inconsistent response that sophisticated threat actors consistently exploit during the critical early hours of a security incident
- Real incident examples show where organizations with capable security teams still suffered significant damage because their incident response process broke down at the detection-to-containment transition rather than from any technical capability gap
Day 2: Threat Hunting and Security Threat Detection
- Covers threat hunting techniques using hypothesis-driven investigation methodology: how to develop hunt hypotheses from threat intelligence, adversary behavior models, and environmental baseline anomalies rather than waiting for alerts that may never fire against sophisticated attackers
- Introduces SIEM log analysis and EDR telemetry interpretation for security threat detection: the specific data sources, query approaches, and behavioral indicators that threat hunters use to surface adversary activity that automated detection consistently misses
- Attendees complete hands-on threat hunting exercises against realistic enterprise log datasets, developing the detection methodology and analytical pattern recognition that separates proactive threat hunters from reactive alert responders
Day 3: Containment, Eradication, and Recovery
- Covers containment strategy selection across network isolation, account disablement, and endpoint quarantine: how to contain a security incident without destroying forensic evidence or triggering threat actor countermeasures that complicate eradication
- Introduces eradication methodology for sophisticated threats: persistence mechanism identification, backdoor removal, and the verification discipline that confirms an environment is clean rather than assuming remediation was complete when it wasn't
- Hands-on exercises develop containment and recovery decision-making skills across realistic incident scenarios, building the operational judgment that incident response team leads need when containment decisions carry significant business impact alongside security consequences
Day 4: Forensic Evidence Preservation and Cyber Threat Attribution
- Covers forensic evidence preservation methodology, memory acquisition techniques, disk imaging procedures, chain of custody documentation, and the evidence handling discipline that maintains admissibility across legal and regulatory proceedings that may follow a serious security incident
- Introduces cyber threat attribution analysis: how to connect incident artifacts to threat actor TTPs, attribution confidence frameworks, and the intelligence-led investigation methodology that identifies who is responsible and what their objectives were
- Attendees complete a memory forensics and malware analysis training exercise, developing the artifact extraction and behavioral analysis skills that connect incident evidence to actionable threat intelligence
Day 5: Advanced Tools, Tabletop Exercises, and Incident Reporting
- Covers advanced incident response tooling across memory forensics platforms, network forensics tools, and the SIEM and EDR integration workflows that support coordinated incident investigation across complex enterprise environments
- Introduces incident handling documentation and incident report writing: how to produce clear, evidence-based incident reports that communicate findings to technical and executive audiences without losing analytical accuracy in the translation
- Attendees lead and participate in a full tabletop training exercise simulating a realistic ransomware or data breach scenario, managing detection, containment, forensic preservation, and stakeholder communication under realistic time pressure, with direct instructor feedback on decision quality
- Terms
Training Methodology
This program combines:
- Hands-on incident response training labs using SIEM, EDR, and memory forensics platforms across realistic attack scenarios
- Threat hunting and security threat detection exercises with structured peer review and instructor feedback
- Tabletop training exercises covering ransomware, data breach, and insider threat scenarios with facilitated debrief
- Incident response certification preparation aligned to recognized security incident management and threat hunting standards
- Achievements
Certification
Attendees receive a certificate of completion issued by GII Corporate & Industrial Training Center upon successful completion of the program. The program develops practical, operationally ready incident response training capability across threat hunting, detection, containment, forensics, and attribution. In-house training is available for security operations and incident response teams building internal cyber incident response capability. Contact us now for upcoming dates across our training portfolio.
- Case Study
Case Study Example
A technology company experienced a ransomware deployment that encrypted systems across four business units before the security team identified the initial compromise vector. Post-incident review revealed that the threat actor had been present in the environment for eleven days before encryption, moving laterally, staging data, and establishing persistence across multiple systems while existing detection controls generated no actionable alerts. After the incident response team completed this Advanced Incident Response and Threat Hunting Training program, the organization introduced a proactive threat hunting program using the hypothesis-driven methodology from the course. The first hunt cycle conducted after training identified an active intrusion in its early lateral movement phase eleven days earlier than the previous incident had been detected, and the threat was contained before any data was encrypted or exfiltrated.
- Why Choose
Why Choose This Program?
Incident response training that covers frameworks without developing hands-on threat hunting, forensic evidence preservation, and containment decision-making produces teams who can describe an IR process without being able to execute it under real attack conditions. This program is built around executing the detection, hunting, and containment skills that determine whether a security incident becomes a manageable event or a significant organizational crisis. Explore our ethical leadership training program and other tech certifications across our training portfolio for a complete view of what we offer.
- Connect
Contact Us
Ready to build advanced incident response and threat hunting capability across your security team? Contact us now for upcoming dates and in-house training solutions tailored to your organization.
- FAQs
Fequently Asked Questions
What does the Advanced Incident Response and Threat Hunting Training program cover?
Five days across incident response fundamentals and IR frameworks, threat hunting and security threat detection, containment and eradication methodology, forensic evidence preservation and cyber threat attribution, and advanced tools and tabletop exercises with a full ransomware or breach simulation on Day 5.
Does GII issue GCFA, GIAC, or any SANS-affiliated certification?
No. GII issues a certificate of completion from GII Corporate & Industrial Training Center. GIAC and GCFA are SANS-administered certifications; GII does not administer those exams. This program covers the same core skill areas and prepares attendees for that level of competency.
How is this different from a digital forensics course?
Digital forensics courses focus on evidence collection, analysis, and legal admissibility across investigations. This program focuses on the incident response lifecycle: threat hunting, containment, eradication, and attribution, with forensics as one component of the response rather than the primary discipline. Those specifically seeking digital forensics training should explore GII’s dedicated Digital Forensics & Investigation course.
Do attendees need prior security operations experience?
A security operations, threat analysis, or network security background is strongly recommended. Those with existing SOC analyst or incident handling experience will find the threat hunting and forensic content builds most directly on what they already know and do.
Which organizations benefit most from incident response training?
Financial services, healthcare, critical infrastructure operators, and technology companies with significant data protection obligations and sophisticated threat exposure see the most direct value, though any organization that has experienced a serious security incident and wants to respond more effectively next time has a clear use case for building this capability internally.
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Course Schedule
Select your preferred date & venue
20 Jan -- 24 Jan
Rwanda
GBP 4595/Person
14 Apr -- 18 Apr
KSA
GBP 4595/Person
7 Jul -- 11 Jul
Austria
GBP 4595/Person
13 Oct -- 17 Oct
South Africa
GBP 4595/Person
20 Jan -- 24 Jan
Rwanda
GBP 3595/Person
14 Apr -- 18 Apr
KSA
GBP 3595/Person
7 Jul -- 11 Jul
Austria
GBP 3595/Person
13 Oct -- 17 Oct
South Africa
GBP 3595/Person
Duration
5 Days