Enables cybersecurity professional with knowledge and skills to perform effective digital forensics investigations and accomplish forensic readiness. Master the methodological approach of forensic process, evidence handling procedures, chain-of-custody, acquistion, preservation, analysis and reporting of digital evidence, legal proceedures to ensure it is admissible in court. Build skills beyond traditional hardware and memory forensics and with cloud forensices, mobile and IoT, investigating web application attacks, and malware forencsics.
Learning Objectives
- Learn the basics of computer forensics and cybercrime investigations
- Understand the steps in a forensic investigation
- Identify and counter anti-forensic techniques
- Analyze data and artifacts on Windows systems
- Perform forensics on Linux and macOS systems
- Investigate network activity and detect incidents
- Understand cloud platforms and conduct cloud forensics
- Analyze malware and its behavior
- Investigate web application attacks and logs
- Examine Tor browser activity
- Perform mobile forensics on Android and iOS devices
- Investigate IoT devices and their security issues
- Analyze email and social media evidence
Prerequisite Skills
- Apply digital forensics methodologies to investigate and analyze security incidents.
- Follow proper evidence handling procedures and maintain a clear chain-of-custody.
- Conduct data acquisition, preservation, analysis, and reporting of digital evidence.
- Align forensic practices with legal procedures to ensure evidence is admissible in court.
- Perform forensic analysis across cloud environments, mobile and IoT devices, web applications, and malware.