Everyday Digital Forensics from Cybrary

Course Overview

Overall Proficiency Level

1 - Basic

Course Prerequisites

Windows 7 (or up) Machine (or VM)
Comfortable with hexadecimals or binaries
Security and Network concepts
Basic experience with programming languages (i.e., python or Javascript)
Positive attitude
Passion for learning

Training Purpose

Skill Development

Specific Audience

All

General Public

Delivery Method

Online, Self-Paced

Online, Self-Paced

Learning Objectives

By the end of the course, students should be able to:
- Understand the process to perform a digital forensics investigation
- Identify and define file systems concepts, including EXT, FAT, and NTFS
- Conduct live and dead disk acquisitions
- Understand what happens when you delete a file
- Perform data carving and Steganographic techniques
- Properly check and execute malicious files
- Create a complete forensics tool kit
- Basic understanding and experience with professional tools

Framework Connections

Protection and Defense

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

Work Roles

Digital Forensics

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