Open Source Digital Forensics (OSDF) explores forensic investigation using freely redistributable, open source software tools. This class is ideal for law enforcement or commercial investigative organizations seeking to gain a digital forensics capability without paying expensive license fees. This course focuses on analysis of PCs, though some discussion of other platforms is included.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the primary activities and goals of digital forensics
- Explore data types and digital representations of data
- Overview data acquisition processes and constraints
- Use freely-available open-source software (OSS) tools for forensic purposes
- Acquire forensic data
- Ingest (extract) evidence
- Examine disk images
- Analyze evidence