Registered Threat Intelligence Analyst

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Registered Threat Intelligence Analyst Pass Rate

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The score you need to pass the Registered Threat Intelligence Analyst 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%
The examination consists of a multiple choice paper. Candidates are required to meet or exceed a two-thirds pass mark in the multiple choice paper. Success will confer Registered status to the individual.
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 Registered Threat Intelligence Analyst 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.

Analysis and Processing25%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 25% of the exam, and it has 37 practice questions here.

Dissemination and Reporting20%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 20% of the exam, and it has 30 practice questions here.

Intelligence Collection and Sources25%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 25% of the exam, and it has 43 practice questions here.

Threat Intelligence Concepts and Principles15%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 15% of the exam, and it has 24 practice questions here.

Operational Intelligence and Incident Response15%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 15% of the exam, and it has 16 practice questions here.

The practical version: the Registered Threat Intelligence Analyst 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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