GIAC Cyber Threat Intelligence (GCTI)
The Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC), GIAC Cyber Threat Intelligence (GCTI), is a certification for professionals in the security field who have technical training but want to demonstrate analytical proficiency. Areas covered on the GCTI include Strategic, Operational, and Tactical Cyber Threat Intelligence, Open Source Intelligence and Campaigns, and Intelligence Applications and Intrusion Analysis. The GCTI is ideal for Incident Response Team Members; Threat Hunters, Security Operations Center Personnel and Information Security Practitioners; Experienced Digital Forensic Analysts; and Federal Agents and Law Enforcement Officials. There are no prerequisites to be eligible for the exam. Candidates must pass a written exam.
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Built from this exam's published objectives. The first module is free.
What this qualifies you for
No work role lists this certification specifically. It appears only in the Cyberspace Enablers matrix, which isn’t role-differentiated — the same options are listed for all 14 Enabler roles, so that tells you nothing about this certification in particular.
Also listed for 14 Cyberspace Enablers roles — but so is every other certification
The Enablers matrix isn’t role-differentiated: the same certification options are listed for all 14 roles at every proficiency level. We verified that across all 14. So this is true, and it carries no information about this credential specifically — which is why it isn’t in the count above.