C5W DIGITAL FORENSIC ANALYST - On-Demand Course
Description
The number of incidents being reported is rapidly increasing every year. Organizations need to respond to these incidents and investigate what, when, why, where, who, and how they happened. This requires special skills and knowledge in systems and how they operate. This is not a simple task that can be handled by an IT professional, but only those trained to acquire and analyze information in a forensically sound manner.
Cyber 5W Digital Forensic Analyst course will guide students on how to conduct digital investigations and write investigative forensic reports. This course uses an experiential learning process for training students, where students learn digital forensics by doing investigative tasks on real-world cases. Students will learn how to perform evidence acquisition and how to deal with disks and file systems, and then explore the forensic artifacts one may encounter when working with the Windows operating system. By completing this course, students are prepared to take the exam that leads to the Cyber 5W Certified Digital Forensic Analyst (CCDFA) certificate.
The full course contents has been published and new extra content is being added.
Training Delivery Details
On Demand: Material | Certification of Completion | Exam Certification
The course material includes over 55 Hands-on Labs and 50 Videos
Pricing Options
Kindly choose the enrollment pricing option that suits you best. Please note that the fees include the Course Material and Two Exam attempts. If you're enrolling as a group or need a custom plan, please contact us. We're here to help!
Syllabus
After completing this course, students will be able to demonstrate how to acquire forensically sound evidence, check evidence integrity, analyze and fix corrupted drives, analyze FAT32 and NTFS file systems, analyze different Windows artifacts, and finally write a report about their analysis.
- Evidence and Evidence Acquisition
- Hashing and Validation
- Mounting Your Evidence
- File Analysis
- Hexeditors
- Signatures
- Extension
- Metadata
- and Others
- Time Zones and Dates (Timestamps)
- Autopsy and other Tools
- Writing a Report
Introduction to Digital Forensics
- Disk Analysis (MBR & GPT)
- Fixing Corrupted Disks
- File Systems
- Storage Units: Sectors and Clusters
- Slack Space
- and Other Subjects
- Analyzing FAT32 File Systems
- Volume Data Structures
- Parsing Directory Entries
- Parsing SFN and LFN Structures
- Parsing Cluster Chains Manually
- FAT32 Timestamps
- Analyzing NTFS File Systems
- Understanding the MFT File & Main NTFS Files
- Parsing MFT Entries
- Parsing Different Attribute Data Structures
- Parsing Cluster Dataruns Manually
- Fixup Arrays
- Alternate Data Streams (ADS)
- Soft Links, Hard Links, and Junctions
- Working with USN Journals
- NTFS Timestamps
- Data and File Carving: Manual and Automated
Working with Disks, Volumes, and File Systems
- Windows Basics
- Users and Groups
- Parsing SID Manually
- Recycle Bin
- Thumbnails
- LNK Files and Jump Lists
- System and User Program Activity
- Prefetch Files
- UserAssist
- Background Activity Moderator (BAM)
- System Resource Usage Monitor (SRUM)
- and Other Subjects
- Windows Registry
- Structure of Windows Registry
- System Artifacts
- User Artifacts
- Investigating USB Thumb Drives
- Analyzing Shellbags
- Volume Shadow Copies & File History
- Windows Events
- Windows Scheduled Tasks
- Windows Search
Windows Forensic Analysis
Instructor
Ali Hadi is a highly accomplished and experienced Senior Cybersecurity Specialist with 14+ years of professional experience in Information Technology. He is currently working as a full-time professor and researcher at the Computer and Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity Departments of Champlain College, USA. Ali is a Co-Founder and the Chief Technology Officer of Cyber 5W. He holds a PhD and MSc degree in Computer Information Systems, as well as a BSc degree in Computer Science. Throughout his professional career, Ali has earned more than 20 professional certifications. Ali is a sought-after consultant in the field of cybersecurity, offering expertise in areas such as digital forensics, incident response, adversary simulation, offensive security, and malware analysis. He is also an established author, speaker, and freelance instructor, having provided technical training to government and private firms as well as other organizations. Ali continues to be an influential figure in the digital forensics community and is dedicated to promoting forensics education and research. More details could be found here or contact him directly through twitter here.
Learning Objectives
After completing this course, you are expected to:
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Understand the fundamentals of digital forensic investigations
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Demonstrate correct methods of evidence gathering
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Learn how to extract file metadata and analyze files using a hex-editor
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Summarize the analysis results and write investigative reports
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Ability to analyze and fix corrupted disks
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Ability to analyze FAT32 and NTFS file systems, plus recover and carve files from raw data
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Ability to investigate Windows System Artifacts
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Investigating Windows Program Execution Artifacts
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Investigating Windows Registry and Windows Shellbags
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Ability to analyze Windows Events Logs, Scheduled Tasks, and different Windows Applications (e.g. Skype, One Drive, etc)
Prerequisites
This course assumes no previous knowledge in digital forensics, however basic knowledge in computer science or any related field is highly desirable.
Who is this Certificate For?
Anyone who wants to start a career in digital forensics, SOC team members, incident response handlers, red team members, malware analysts, and anyone who is curious to know about digital forensics and wants to learn something new.
System Requirements:
what you need to for the course
1. Computer or laptop with a Linux/Windows/Mac Operating System.
2. Capability of running virtualization software such as VMWare or VirtualBox.
3. More than 100 GB of disk space for the Virtual Machines and Forensic Images used.