05-05-2025 - 09-05-2025	4200	Dubai

Course Introduction:

CHFIv8 presents a detailed methodological approach to computer forensics and evidence analysis. It is a comprehensive course covering major forensic investigation scenarios that enable students to acquire hands-on experience on various forensic investigation techniques and standard tools necessary to successfully carry-out a computer forensic investigation.

Battles between corporations, governments, and countries are no longer fought using physical force. Cyber war has begun and the consequences can be seen in everyday life. With the onset of sophisticated cyber-attacks, the need for advanced cyber security and investigation training is a mandate in the present day. If you or your organization requires the knowledge or skills to identify, track, and prosecute the cybercriminals, then this is the course for you. This course helps participants to excel in digital evidence acquisition, handling and analysis in a forensically sound manner. Acceptable in a court of law, these skills will lead to successful prosecutions in various types of security incidents such as data breaches, corporate espionage, insider threats and other intricate cases involving computer systems.

Course Objectives:

The computer forensic investigation process and the various legal issues involved

Evidence searching, seizing and acquisition methodologies in a legal and forensically sound manner.
Different types of digital evidence, rules of evidence, digital evidence examination process, and electronic crime and digital evidence consideration by crime category.
Roles of first responder, first responder toolkit, securing and evaluating electronic crime scene, conducting preliminary interviews, documenting electronic crime scene, collecting and preserving electronic evidence, packaging and transporting electronic evidence, and reporting the crime scene
How to set up a computer forensics lab and the tools involved in it
Various file systems and how to boot a disk
Gathering volatile and nonvolatile information from Windows
Data acquisition and duplication rules, validation methods and tools required
How to recover deleted files and deleted partitions in Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux
The process involved in forensic investigation using AccessData FTK and EnCase
Steganography and its techniques, Steganalysis, and image file forensics
Password Cracking Concepts, tools, types of password attacks and how to investigate password protected files
Different types of log capturing, log management, time synchronization, and log capturing tools
How to investigate logs, network traffic, wireless attacks, and web attacks •
How to track e-mails and investigate e-mail crimes
Mobile forensics and mobile forensics software and hardware tools
How to write investigative reports

Who Should Attend?

The CHFI program is designed for all IT professionals involved with information system security, computer forensics, and incident response.

Course Outline:

Forensic Science

Computer Forensics
Security Incident Report
Aspects of Organizational Security
Evolution of Computer Forensics
Objective of Computer Forensics
Need for Compute Forensics

Forensics Readiness

Benefits of Forensics Readiness
Goals of Forensics Readiness
Forensics Readiness Planning

Cyber Crime

Computer Facilitated Crimes
Modes of Attacks
Examples of Cyber Crime
Types of Computer Crimes
Cyber Criminals
Organized Cyber Crime: Organizational Chart
How serious are Different Types of Incidents?
Disruptive Incidents to the Business
Cost Expenditure Responding to the Security Incident

Cyber Crime Investigation

Key Steps in Forensics Investigation
Rules of Forensics Investigation
Need for Forensics Investigator
Role of Forensics Investigator
Accessing Computer Forensics Resources
Role of Digital Evidence

Corporate Investigations

Understanding Corporate Investigations
Approach to Forensics Investigation: A Case Study
Instructions for the Forensic Investigator to Approach the Crime Scene
Why and When Do You Use Computer Forensics?
Enterprise Theory of Investigation (ETI)
Legal Issues
Reporting the Results

Reporting a Cyber Crime

Why you should Report Cybercrime?
Reporting Computer-Related Crimes
Person Assigned to Report the Crime
When and How to Report an Incident?
Who to Contact at the Law Enforcement?
Federal Local Agents Contact
More Contacts
CIO Cyber threat Report Form

Course Methodology:

A variety of methodologies will be used during the course that includes:

(30%) Based on Case Studies
(30%) Techniques
(30%) Role Play
(10%) Concepts
Pre-test and Post-test
Variety of Learning Methods
Lectures
Case Studies and Self Questionaires
Group Work
Discussion
Presentation

Course Fees:

To be advice as per course location. This rate includes participant’s manual, Hands-Outs, buffet lunch, coffee/tea on arrival, morning & afternoon of each day.

Course Certificate:

International Center for Training & Development (ICTD) will award an internationally recognized certificate(s) for each delegate on completion of training.