Threat Intelligence Specialization
Gain professional training in detecting, deterring, and preventing cyber, financial, and strategic threats. This program is only available in person.
This specialization is available to students currently enrolled in a Middlebury Institute degree program.
Curriculum
The specialization consists of 16 credits.
Required Courses
- Threat Intelligence Foundations
- Cyber Warfare
- Intro to Intelligence
- Policy and Data Analysis
Electives
Students must take advanced courses and/or workshops from the following list. Some courses are not available every semester or year, and this list may be updated periodically. Review the projected course availability for the MA in Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies and the MA in Threat Intelligence to see when the courses below are expected to be offered.
- Intro to Intercultural Competence
- International Security Research & Analysis
- International Crisis Negotiation Exercise
- Field Research Interviewing
- Writing and Briefing Memos
- Research on the Dark Web
- Advanced Communication Strategies
- Advanced Data Analysis
- Geographic Financial Crime Risk Modelling
- Blockchain Analytics
- Drones & Surveillance
- SQL
- GIS
- Network Analysis
- Advanced GIS
- Cyber Practicum
- Open Source Tools for NPTS
- Python
Questions
Contact the Threat Intelligence program chair, Katherine Petrich.