Computer Forensics for the First Responder

This course will cover conceptual and technical skills for the first responder for forensic investigation. Students will learn about the rules of engaging in a forensic examination, including areas such as liturgical and non-liturgical forensic examination, abuse issues, intrusion management, profiling, and privacy issues. Students will also learn about computer forensics and investigation as a profession.

This course will utilize some of the concepts learnt in the ITOP 2305: Encryption, Public Key Infrastructure Architecture and Administration course. Skills gained in this course can be applied towards fields involving law enforcement, legal processes, report writing for high-tech investigations, and ethics and codes in expert witness.

Prerequisites

What you will learn

• Computer forensics and forensic resources
  Conduct, approach, and procedures
  Understanding data recovery workstations and software
  Conducting an investigation
  Forensics lab certification requirements, including physical and storage requirements
  Data acquisition methods and validation
  Forensic acquisition tools, including remote network acquisition
  Digital evidence - identifying, collecting, processing, securing, seizing, storing
  File systems, disk encryption, Windows registry, startup tools and tasks, virtual machines
  Forensic software and hardware tools
  File systems, disk structures, and boot processes, including for Mac, Linux, Unix operating systems
  Data compression
  File formats, including graphic files

How to register

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.

Contact us

If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.

† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.