• Classroom

This course will develop the knowledge and skills necessary to recover forensic information from removable devices, partitions, and Internet artifacts. The course will provide students with scenarios, logical acquisition, and analysis of forensic data. Students will have hands-on laboratory experience using advanced computer forensic tools, evidence preservation techniques and documentation. The course will offer a balance of lecture and lab experiments. The course will follow elements of the EnCase® Certified Examiner (EnCE) professional certification exam. Course is offered in the spring semester.

Learning Objectives

  • Create and manage evidence cases
  • Handling and acquisition of evidence
  • Create and manage evidence files
  • Understand computer file systems
  • Conduct signature analyses of files
  • Compute hash values and creating hash sets

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):

Specialty Areas

  • Digital Forensics

Specialty Areas have been removed from the NICE Framework. With the recent release of the new NICE Framework data, updates to courses are underway. Until this course can be updated, this historical information is provided to give better context as to how it can help you with your cybersecurity goals.

Feedback

If you would like to provide feedback for this course, please e-mail the NICCS SO at NICCS@hq.dhs.gov.