.jpg)
Insider Threat Analyst – Professional Certification
About
The Insider Threat Analyst – Professional course is an intensive 3.5-day classroom program designed to equip analysts and security professionals with the practical skills needed to detect, analyse, and respond to insider threat activity.
Participants learn to interpret technical signals and human behaviour indicators, convert alerts into solid investigations, and communicate findings clearly to decision-makers.
The course combines analytical frameworks, real-world scenarios, and practical exercises that reflect the typical situations analysts face when investigating potential insider activity.
Through structured triage labs, collaborative investigations, and a final capstone assessment, participants develop the ability to differentiate evidence from inference, recognise behavioural and technical patterns, and make proportionate escalation decisions while upholding ethical and professional standards.
By the end of the program, participants will know how to work with multiple data sources, identify suspicious patterns, build timelines of activity, and produce executive-ready reports that support organisational decision-making.
Objectives
- Work with raw data to identify concerning behaviours and activity of potential insiders.
- Identify the technical requirements for accessing data for insider threat analysis.
- Develop insider threat indicators that fuse data from multiple sources.
- Apply advanced analytics for identifying insider anomalies.
- Measure the effectiveness of insider threat indicators and anomaly detection methods.
- Navigate the insider threat tool landscapes.
- Describe the policies, practices, and procedures for insider threat analysis.
- Outline the roles and responsibilities of insider threat analysts in an insider threat incident response process.
Topics Covered
- Strategies for identifying risks to assets from insiders
- Building a data collection and analysis function for both technical and behavioural data
- Identifying data sources for insider threat analysis
- Prioritising data sources to include in an analysis function
- Developing insider threat indicators from raw data
- Advanced analytics for insider threat mitigation
- Measuring the effectiveness of insider threat controls
- Features and functionality of tools used in insider threat mitigation
- Developing an insider threat data collection and analysis process:
- Triage
- Escalation
- Referral
- Continuous improvement
- Developing an insider threat incident response process
Benefits
Participants completing this course will develop the practical capability required to operate as an insider threat analyst.
They will gain practical experience working with realistic scenarios, analysing multiple data sources, and identifying patterns that may signal insider risk.
The course also enhances analytical judgment by emphasising proportionality, evidence-based reasoning, and ethical decision-making. Participants will leave with greater confidence in their ability to assess ambiguous signals, avoid common cognitive biases, and communicate findings clearly to leadership.
Graduates of the program receive a Certificate of Completion for the AIIT Insider Threat Analyst – Professional course, demonstrating their capability to perform insider threat analysis within organisational security and risk teams.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for professionals responsible for analysing security data and investigating potential insider risk, including:
- Cyber security analysts
- Security operations centre (SOC) analysts
- Insider threat program analysts
- Threat intelligence analysts
- Risk and compliance professionals
- Digital investigation and forensic specialists
- Security professionals who are responsible for monitoring insider activity
Prerequisite
Participants must have completed the Insider Threat Foundation course before attending this program.
The Foundation course provides the conceptual understanding of insider threats, behavioural risk, and organisational context required to fully benefit from the practical analytical training delivered in this course.
Course Length
Classroom instructor-led training, including practical exercises and a final capstone assessment.