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Introduction to Digital Forensics
Introduction to Digital Forensics
National CAE Designated Institution-
Online, Instructor-Led
Course Description
This is a hands-on course where you will learn the theory and practice of digital forensics. You will learn about general forensic procedures, evidence handling, how to create a forensic copy and verify it, how to perform a logical and physical analysis of media, how to recover deleted files, and learn about laws applying to digital forensics.
Learning Objectives
- Demonstrate and understanding of computer forensics and investigation as a profession
- Demonstrate an understanding of computing investigations
- Demonstrate an understanding of the processing crime and incident scenes
- Create a forensic copy of a piece of digital media
- Verify a forensic copy using multiple one-way cryptographic hashes
- Identify structures of the FAT file system
- Recover deleted files manually
- Discuss laws related to computer evidence
- Create professional quality forensic reports
- Discuss ethics in digital forensics
Framework Connections
Feedback
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