Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI) v8
Course ID
90780
Course Description
EC-Council released the most advanced computer forensic investigation program in the world. This course covers major forensic investigation scenarios that enable you 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 cybersecurity and investigation training is critical. If you or your organization requires the knowledge or skills to identify, track, and prosecute cyber criminals, then this is the course for you. You will learn how to excel in digital evidence acquisition, handling, and forensically sound analysis. 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.
Prerequisites
It is strongly recommended that you attend Certified Ethical Hacker v8 before enrolling into CHFI program
Audience
IT professionals involved with information system security, computer forensics, and incident response
Course Content
The computer forensic investigation process and the various legal issues involved
Evidence searching, seizing and acquisition methodologies in a legal and forensically sound manner
Types of digital evidence, rules of evidence, digital evidence examination process, and electronic crime and digital evidence consideration by crime category
Roles of the 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
Setting up a computer forensics lab and the tools involved in it
Various file systems and how to boot a disk
Gathering volatile and non-volatile information from Windows
Data acquisition and duplication rules
Validation methods and tools required
Recovering deleted files and deleted partitions in Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux
Forensic investigation using AccessData FTK and EnCase
Steganography and its techniques
Steganalysis and image file forensics
Password cracking concepts, tools, and types of password attacks
Investigating password protected files
Types of log capturing, log management, time synchronization, and log capturing tools
Investigating logs, network traffic, wireless attacks, and web attacks
Tracking emails and investigate email crimes
Mobile forensics and mobile forensics software and hardware tools
Writing investigative reports
