National CAE Designated Institution
  • Online, Instructor-Led

Course Desc: Prerequisite: 24 credits of program coursework. A project-based examination of advanced digital forensics and incident response techniques using appropriate tools applied to real-world scenarios. The goal is to identify forensic evidence and artifacts resulting from a cyberattack or incident. Topics include software reverse engineering, malware and malicious code analysis, use of binary analysis tools, memory forensics, ethical hacking, and secure programming practices.

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you should be able to:
Implement a plan to forensically acquire and preserve relevant digital evidence.
Demonstrate software reverse engineering best practices and methodologies on files with malicious code
Compare and contrast malware and binary analysis tools
Use secure programming practices to examine and mitigate software vulnerabilities
Analyze memory dumps and volatile data to extract and interpret information associated with a cyber investigation.
Generate an ethical hacking exercise to identify forensic evidence and artifacts resulting from a cyber-attack or incident.
Write a digital forensics report to include results of analysis, cyber defense techniques, guidance, and appropriate threat intelligence recommendations.

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):

Competency Areas