Course Description

The Certified Incident Handler (CIH) program equips learners with the practical skills and advanced knowledge required to detect, analyze, respond to, and recover from cyber incidents effectively. This course is designed to help cybersecurity professionals understand the full incident response lifecycle, investigate threats, mitigate business risks, and strengthen organizational security posture.Whether you are entering incident response or upgrading your skills, this course provides hands-on experience with real-world attack scenarios, malware behavior, threat hunting, and enterprise-level response frameworks.

 Key Highlights / Key Points  Complete Incident Response Lifecycle

• Understand preparation, detection, analysis, containment, eradication, and recovery stages.

• Learn how incident response frameworks like NIST, SANS, ISO 27035 are applied in real-time.

 Hands-On Attack Investigation

• Analyze malware, phishing attempts, credential attacks, network intrusions, and ransomware events.

• Work with SIEM tools, log correlation, and endpoint monitoring systems.

 Threat Detection & Malware Analysis

• Identify suspicious behaviors, indicators of compromise (IOCs), and attacker footprints.

• Learn static and dynamic analysis techniques for malware.

 Incident Documentation & Reporting

• Master how to create effective incident reports and maintain evidence integrity.

• Learn escalation processes, communication plans, and stakeholder coordination.

 Real-World Tools & Techniques

• Work with industry tools like Splunk, ELK, Wireshark, Sysinternals, MITRE ATT&CK, threat intel platforms, and packet analysis tools.

 Business Continuity & Risk Mitigation

• Understand the impact of security breaches on business operations.

• Learn recovery planning, containment strategies, and long-term security improvements.

 Live Case Studies & Simulations

• Investigate simulated breaches and real-life attack cases.

• Learn response strategies used by global SOC and IR teams.

 Job-Ready Skills

• Become prepared for roles such as:

  • Incident Handler

  • SOC Analyst