Certified Threat Intelligence Manager

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Certified Threat Intelligence Manager Pass Rate

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The score you need to pass the Certified Threat Intelligence Manager certification exam, what the cut score actually means, and how to read your mock results against it.

70% to pass
120 questions
2.2/10 difficulty

The number you need to hit

Published cut score for this certification.

Passing score
70%
Successful candidates must score 70% of the available marks in each component (at least 126 of 180 marks CCTIM1, 42 of 60 marks CCTIM2 long form, 84 of 120 marks scenario); 'This represents an overall pass mark of approximately 70%, but note that candidates must score the minimum number of marks in each section'
Margin
30%
room for wrong answers, on a flat mock
Wrong answers allowed
36
out of 120 questions

Pass score vs pass rate

Two different numbers that get mixed up constantly.

Pass score (cut score)

The scaled score the vendor publishes. For the Certified Threat Intelligence Manager it is 70%. This is the number you can actually prepare against, and it is the one that decides your result on exam day.

Pass rate (percentage of candidates)

The share of candidates who pass. CREST generally does not publish this for individual exams, and the numbers you find online usually come from candidate self-reported surveys. We would rather tell you nothing than tell you a figure we cannot source.

Where you lose points

The exam is not scored flat. Each domain carries its own weight, so a domain where you lose everything can sink a score that looks fine on paper.

Threat Actor Analysis and Profiling20%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 20% of the exam, and it has 25 practice questions here.

Intelligence Analysis and Production25%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 25% of the exam, and it has 30 practice questions here.

Intelligence Management and Governance25%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 25% of the exam, and it has 31 practice questions here.

Strategic Intelligence and Future Trends10%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 10% of the exam, and it has 10 practice questions here.

Operational Intelligence and Incident Response20%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 20% of the exam, and it has 24 practice questions here.

The practical version: the Certified Threat Intelligence Manager is not passed by knowing most of the content. It is passed by being strong in the domains that carry weight, and by not leaving one of them empty.

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