Network Analyst

Issued by QA Ltd

Earners of this badge have demonstrated an understanding of cyber defense analysis, patch, and release management, as well as signature development, implementation, and impact. The earner is familiar with the basics of intrusion detection, host analysis, systems administration, and network traffic analysis, including the use of tools such as Snort, Bro, Wireshark, and a command line interface (CLI).

Type Validation
Level Foundational
Time Weeks
Cost Free

Additional Details

Skills

Bro
Cyber Defense Analysis
Host Analysis
Intrusion Detection
Network Traffic Analysis
Snort
Systems Administration
Wireshark

Earning Criteria

Earners have completed the following: Snort troubleshooting, rule design and admin, used tcpdump to capture packets, nmap installation, used bro for packet capture analysis, used Wireshark for packet capture analysis, generate an RSA SSH key using ssh-keygen, used tshark to capture traffic, found files and frames, found evidence of a compromise of a system in a pcap.