Malware Analysis
Malware Analysis is the systematic study of malevolent software, viruses, and harmful code. This involves reversing engineering samples, observing their behaviors, assessing potential damage and identifying mitigations, all with the goal of strengthening an organization's information security infrastructure against cyber threats.
Foundational
At an emerging level, you are beginning to understand malware life-cycle, basic malware types and simple reverse-engineering skills. You're getting conversant with basic analysis tools and environments.
Developing
At a proficient level you are able to conduct in-depth analysis of malware to identify its characteristics, behavior, and potential impacts on information security within an organization.
Proficient
At an advanced level you are proficient in conducting in-depth malware analysis, identifying advanced threats, reverse engineering malware code, and developing custom signatures to enhance information security within the organization.
