CCTIA Exam Information and Outline
CREST Certified Threat Intelligence Analyst
Syllabus Update Checked on: November 6, 2026
CCTIA Exam Syllabus & Study Guide
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official CCTIA exam objectives. This course outline serves as your roadmap.
The information below reflects the 2026 syllabus defined by
CREST.
Below are complete topics detail with latest syllabus and course outline, that will help you good knowledge about exam objectives and topics that you have to prepare. These contents are covered in questions and answers pool of exam.
- Exam Format
- Written examination and practical/scenario-based assessment
- Intelligence Requirements and Planning
- Stakeholder requirements and collection planning
- Advanced Collection and Analysis
- Technical analysis of malware and infrastructure
- Attribution and assessment of adversary intent
- Structured Analytic Techniques
- Analysis of competing hypotheses, estimative language
- Operational Security and Legal Issues
- OPSEC in collection, legal and ethical boundaries
- Intelligence Products
- Strategic, operational and tactical reporting