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1N4X1 Cyber Intelligence Analyst

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Overview

A Cyber Intelligence Analyst acquires and analyzes information from target network communications to determine its value and implications. This specialist researches and assesses intelligence, gauges its impact, and distributes findings to senior decision-makers.

Minimum clearance: Top Secret

Minimum ASVAB: G 62

ASVAB policy: Not policy-reviewed · coverage unknown · as of 2026-10-19

Program scope has not been reviewed.

Policy applicability and coverage of the program's score routes have not been reviewed. Shown-route arithmetic is not an eligibility decision.

Source: dafecd-atch4-2025-10-31 (source date 2025-10). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Skill levels: 1N411 helper · 1N431 apprentice · 1N451 journeyman · 1N471 craftsman

Core Skills

  • Penetration testing of networks and weapons systems
  • Offensive cyber exploit strategy development
  • Foreign cyber target research and assessment

Civilian Career Paths

Career associations are editorial assessments of the cited evidence, not an official crosswalk unless the evidence explicitly says so. O*NET supplies civilian occupation information, not proof of a military match. Related experience does not confer civilian qualifications. Tasks and tools below describe civilian work, not military training.

Information Security Engineers

Military penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, and exploit strategy development transfer directly to identifying weaknesses in civilian networks and security controls.

How to prepare: Build a lab-based security assessment documenting network vulnerabilities, proposed security controls, and retest results.

What the civilian work involves
  • Identify security system weaknesses, using penetration tests.
  • Scan networks, using vulnerability assessment tools to identify vulnerabilities.
  • Assess the quality of security controls, using performance indicators.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Linux
  • Microsoft PowerShell

DIA Analysis Officer

Research on foreign cyber targets and assessment of intelligence from multiple sources transfer to DIA's analysis of foreign military capabilities in cyberspace.

How to prepare: Draft an unclassified assessment of foreign military cyber capabilities to practice for DIA's writing test. DIA requires U.S. citizenship, clearance approval, background vetting and drug screening, with medical examinations and a counterintelligence-scope polygraph when required.

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (4 documents)
  1. DAFECD, 30 Apr 26: CYBER INTELLIGENCE (1N4X1)

    [1] Specialty Summary section "CYBER INTELLIGENCE"; normalized cached text lines 4156-4183; explicit AFSC match for 1N4X1

    Supports: Penetration testing of networks and weapons systems, Offensive cyber exploit strategy development, Foreign cyber target research and assessment, Information Security Engineers (O*NET 15-1299.05), DIA Analysis Officer

  2. O*NET: Information Security Engineers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Information Security Engineers (O*NET 15-1299.05)

  3. Defense Intelligence Agency: Analysis Career Field

    [3] Career Specifics, Military Capabilities, Applying to Be an Analyst; public page retrieved through Jina Reader 2026-09-23

    Supports: DIA Analysis Officer

  4. Defense Intelligence Agency: Hiring Process

    [4] Opening hiring overview and Employment Criteria, Initial Employment; public page retrieved through Jina Reader 2026-09-23

    Supports: DIA Analysis Officer

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Predecessor codes

Historical codes with documented links to 1N4X1. Each history page explains the change.

20210Signals Intelligence Analysis Helper20230Apprentice Signals Intelligence Analysis Specialist20270Signals Intelligence Analysis Technician

Descriptions may be summarized for clarity. Verify all information with your branch career counselor or official military documentation before making career decisions.

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