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School of Thought - ANSWER A perspective of a group with common opinions and disciplines
Natural School of Thought - ANSWER A school of thought in which the analyst identifies a
pattern in similar data.
Law Enforcement Agency School of Thought - ANSWER A school of thought in which you
generate intelligence based on who did a crime. Focuses on attribution.
Intelligence Agency School of Thought - ANSWER A school of thought based on the classic
intelligence life cycle and applying requirements.
Moonlight Maze - ANSWER A case study that offers an early look at CTI tradecraft. Showed the
importance of analyzing the larger picture over a series of intrusions. Artifacts and indicators
may prove useful years after.
Cyber - ANSWER A living system
Intelligence - ANSWER The collection, processing, and analysis of information about a
competitive entity and its agents, needed by an organization or group for its security and well-
being.
GEOINT - ANSWER Geospatial intelligence collection from satellites.
,MASINT - ANSWER Measurement and signature intelligence from radar signatures, nuclear
detonation signatures.
SIGINT - ANSWER Intelligence derived from signal intercepts, such as cell phone
communications or tapping of communications lines.
Counterintelligence - ANSWER The identification, assessment, neutralization, and exploitation of
intelligence activities of adversarial entities.
Operation Bodyguard - ANSWER A case study showcasing the complexity involved in
counterintelligence. Allies spread disinformation that D-Day invasions were occurring later than
reality and at different locations than Normandy in order to confuse adversaries.
Sherman Kent - ANSWER Considered the father of intelligence analysis. Argued that it is
important to give information with an assessment, since leaders do not have the time or
expertise to make good decisions on the data alone.
Richards J. Heuer Jr. - ANSWER A intelligence analyst focused on structuring analysis, analysis
types, critical thinking models and approaches, and overcoming biases that hinder analyst
thought processes.
Analysis - ANSWER A detailed examination of the elements or structure of something.; Breaking
something down into its constituent parts to understand its operation.
Synthesis - ANSWER Pulling in data from other sources aside from the event we are analyzing,
including historical information from both the targeted organization as well as outside entities,
and reaching out to other digital forensics and IR fields such as malware analysis and forensics.
Analytical Judgement - ANSWER Going beyond the facts to assess what the information signifies
and how it impacts whatever organization they are supporting. It is made to meet a specific
, intelligence requirement and is based off of available data and information while acknowledging
the information gaps and remaining uncertainties.
Data-Driven Analysis - ANSWER A type of analysis driven by pre-existing or previously developed
analytic models and is based on the assumptions that both the data and the model are accurate
and applicable.
Conceptually-Driven Analysis - ANSWER A type of analysis driven is analysis based on numerous
unknowns and undefined variables and relationships. It is often immediate interpretation of
complex concepts and accuracy is driven by mental models and feedback over time.
Working Memory - ANSWER The system that processes inputs and determines whether or not
they are important, encoding them either for long-term memory storage or short-term memory.
Tells your brain what to focus on and retain.
Pattern Recognition - ANSWER Cognitive process that matches information from external
sources to information that is stored in long-term memory.
Template Matching - ANSWER Theory that states that every object or experience is processed
by the brain and stored as a template in long-term memory.
Prototype Matching - ANSWER Theory that long term memory is searched for an average of
similar templates.
Top-Down Analysis - ANSWER Pattern matching that uses previous knowledge to fill in the gaps
when we do not have complete information.
System 1 Thinking - ANSWER Unconscious, intuitive thinking; Fast, effective, often accurate.
Draws on available knowledge, experience, and existing mental models.
VERIFIED ANSWERS ) |100% VERIFIED ANSWERS |
RATED A+(2025)
School of Thought - ANSWER A perspective of a group with common opinions and disciplines
Natural School of Thought - ANSWER A school of thought in which the analyst identifies a
pattern in similar data.
Law Enforcement Agency School of Thought - ANSWER A school of thought in which you
generate intelligence based on who did a crime. Focuses on attribution.
Intelligence Agency School of Thought - ANSWER A school of thought based on the classic
intelligence life cycle and applying requirements.
Moonlight Maze - ANSWER A case study that offers an early look at CTI tradecraft. Showed the
importance of analyzing the larger picture over a series of intrusions. Artifacts and indicators
may prove useful years after.
Cyber - ANSWER A living system
Intelligence - ANSWER The collection, processing, and analysis of information about a
competitive entity and its agents, needed by an organization or group for its security and well-
being.
GEOINT - ANSWER Geospatial intelligence collection from satellites.
,MASINT - ANSWER Measurement and signature intelligence from radar signatures, nuclear
detonation signatures.
SIGINT - ANSWER Intelligence derived from signal intercepts, such as cell phone
communications or tapping of communications lines.
Counterintelligence - ANSWER The identification, assessment, neutralization, and exploitation of
intelligence activities of adversarial entities.
Operation Bodyguard - ANSWER A case study showcasing the complexity involved in
counterintelligence. Allies spread disinformation that D-Day invasions were occurring later than
reality and at different locations than Normandy in order to confuse adversaries.
Sherman Kent - ANSWER Considered the father of intelligence analysis. Argued that it is
important to give information with an assessment, since leaders do not have the time or
expertise to make good decisions on the data alone.
Richards J. Heuer Jr. - ANSWER A intelligence analyst focused on structuring analysis, analysis
types, critical thinking models and approaches, and overcoming biases that hinder analyst
thought processes.
Analysis - ANSWER A detailed examination of the elements or structure of something.; Breaking
something down into its constituent parts to understand its operation.
Synthesis - ANSWER Pulling in data from other sources aside from the event we are analyzing,
including historical information from both the targeted organization as well as outside entities,
and reaching out to other digital forensics and IR fields such as malware analysis and forensics.
Analytical Judgement - ANSWER Going beyond the facts to assess what the information signifies
and how it impacts whatever organization they are supporting. It is made to meet a specific
, intelligence requirement and is based off of available data and information while acknowledging
the information gaps and remaining uncertainties.
Data-Driven Analysis - ANSWER A type of analysis driven by pre-existing or previously developed
analytic models and is based on the assumptions that both the data and the model are accurate
and applicable.
Conceptually-Driven Analysis - ANSWER A type of analysis driven is analysis based on numerous
unknowns and undefined variables and relationships. It is often immediate interpretation of
complex concepts and accuracy is driven by mental models and feedback over time.
Working Memory - ANSWER The system that processes inputs and determines whether or not
they are important, encoding them either for long-term memory storage or short-term memory.
Tells your brain what to focus on and retain.
Pattern Recognition - ANSWER Cognitive process that matches information from external
sources to information that is stored in long-term memory.
Template Matching - ANSWER Theory that states that every object or experience is processed
by the brain and stored as a template in long-term memory.
Prototype Matching - ANSWER Theory that long term memory is searched for an average of
similar templates.
Top-Down Analysis - ANSWER Pattern matching that uses previous knowledge to fill in the gaps
when we do not have complete information.
System 1 Thinking - ANSWER Unconscious, intuitive thinking; Fast, effective, often accurate.
Draws on available knowledge, experience, and existing mental models.
