Cyber Threat Intelligence Training Platform: For those who want to learn this field from the beginning.
We started CTI Academy because we kept seeing the same gap. Brilliant people who wanted to break into threat intelligence, blocked by courses that skipped fundamentals and certifications that tested memorization instead of skill.
Every course at CTI Academy starts at the actual beginning. No prerequisites, no jargon walls, no shame in asking basic questions. You will touch real data, follow real workflows, and learn the craft the way it is practiced.
Learn to collect, analyze, and act on threat data the way real SOC and intel teams do.
Go beyond alerts. Proactively hunt for adversaries hiding in networks using techniques pros rely on.
Open-source intelligence is more than Google dorking. Dive into social media analysis and infrastructure mapping.
Static analysis, dynamic analysis, reverse engineering. We walk you through real samples step by step.
CTI Academy is designed for learners with no prior experience. Follow a structured path from foundational concepts to real-world threat hunting workflows.
Start at Hunter I for free. Progress through Hunter IV as your skills grow.
Structured lessons, quizzes, and CTF-style challenges built around real threat scenarios.
Test your skills in duels and arena matches. Share intelligence on NullBase community.
Earn course completion certificates as you progress from Hunter I through Hunter IV.
From structured lessons for beginners to competitions and real-world research tools, every element works together seamlessly.
Progress through carefully crafted modules that combine theory with hands-on CTF-style challenges. Each course builds on the previous, creating a comprehensive learning path.
Tutorials, threat breakdowns, and lessons learned from analysts working in the field.
Ask ten CISOs where they started, and eight will say some version of a security operations center. SOC analyst and CTI analyst are not a fork in the road, they are two seats on the same team, and one is the most common on-ramp to the other. Here is the honest comparison: salary, mindset, burnout, and the career path between the two roles.
The fastest way to get quietly cut out of an information sharing community is not leaking something. It is mislabeling it. The Traffic Light Protocol exists to prevent exactly that: four short labels, standardized as TLP 2.0 by FIRST, that tell a recipient how far they may pass something on.
The threat intelligence books that actually matter in 2026: the CTI core every analyst should read first, the desk references for structured analysis and program-building, the underground classics on cybercrime and dark web tradecraft, and the narrative nonfiction that builds judgment over time.
Answers to what most beginners ask before joining.
Create a free account, no credit card needed, and begin Hunter I today.
