Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator Training
EC-Council’s Certified Hacking Forensic Investigator (C|HFI) is the only comprehensive ANSI accredited, lab-focused program in the market that gives organizations vendor-neutral training in digital forensics. CHFI provides its attendees with a firm grasp of digital forensics, presenting a detailed and methodological approach to digital forensics and evidence analysis that also pivots around Dark Web, IoT, and Cloud Forensics. The tools and techniques covered in this program will prepare the learner for conducting digital investigations using ground-breaking digital forensics technologies.
Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (C|HFI)
Course Overview
The program will help fortify the application knowledge in digital forensics for forensic analysts, cybercrime investigators, cyber defense forensic analysts, incident responders, information technology auditors, malware analysts, security consultants, and chief security officers. The program equips candidates with the necessary skills to proactively investigate complex security threats, allowing them to investigate, record, and report cybercrimes to prevent future attacks.
Course Focus and Acquired Skills:
- 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
Course Outline
- Lesson 1: Computer Forensics in Today's World
- Lesson 2 : Computer Forensics Investigation Process
- Lesson 3 : Understanding Hard Disks and File Systems
- Lesson 4: Data Acquisition and Duplication
- Lesson 5: Defeating Anti-Forensics Techniques
- Lesson 6: Windows Forensics
- Lesson 7: Linux and Mac Forensics
- Lesson 8: Network Forensics
- Lesson 9: Investigating Web Attacks
- Lesson 10 : Dark Web Forensics
- Lesson 11: Database Forensics
- Lesson 12: Cloud Forensics
- Lesson 13 : Investigating Email Crimes
- Lesson 14: Malware Forensics
- Lesson 15: Mobile Forensics
- Lesson 16: IoT Forensics
Intended Audience
The program is designed for IT professionals involved with information system security, computer forensics, and incident response including:
- Police and other law enforcement personnel
- Defense and Military personnel
- e-Business Security professionals
- Systems administrators
- Legal professionals
- Banking, Insurance, and other professionals
- Government agencies
- IT managers
- Digital Forensics Service Providers
Prerequisites
It is strongly recommended that you attend Certified Ethical Hacker before enrolling into CHFI program.
Follow-On Courses
OUR EC-COUNCIL AWARDS AND ACCREDITATIONS
Not only are we an EC-Council Accredited Training Center on a global level, but we have also received the EC-Council Circle of Excellence for three years running. We employ EC-Council award-winning Circle of Excellence instructors and as a result, your EC-Council training experience will be both superior and successful.
Accredited Training Center
Due to our expertise in security-based training, we deliver Authorized EC-Council Official Curriculum classes due to being an Accredited Training Center.
Academic Training Partner
Through our university partnerships we are an EC-Council Accredited Academic Training partner. We strive to achieve academic excellence.
Circle of Excellence
We are honored to have received the EC-Council Circle of Excellence. This award is also coupled with a multi-year EC-Council Circle of Excellence instructor. A winning combination!
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Subject: Request for Digital Forensics & Reverse Engineering training from Applied Technology Academy
[Decision Maker Name],
I'm writing to request time and budget approval to complete Applied Technology Academy's course, Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator Training. The information below outlines how this training benefits our organization, the tasks I'll be able to perform after completing it, and relevant cost and funding details.
Course Description
EC-Council’s Certified Hacking Forensic Investigator (C|HFI) is the only comprehensive ANSI accredited, lab-focused program in the market that gives organizations vendor-neutral training in digital forensics. CHFI provides its attendees with a firm grasp of digital forensics, presenting a detailed and methodological approach to digital forensics and evidence analysis that also pivots around Dark Web, IoT, and Cloud Forensics. The tools and techniques covered in this program will prepare the learner for conducting digital investigations using ground-breaking digital forensics technologies. Applied Technology Academy is an award-winning, SBA-certified woman-owned training provider (est. 2008) whose instructors are active practitioners; the course is hands-on with virtual labs and a learn-by-doing methodology.
Course Objectives
Once I've completed the course, I'll have hands-on, job-ready skills in digital forensics & reverse engineering that I can apply immediately to our work.
Expected Organizational Benefits
After completing this course, I will be better equipped to apply these skills directly to our projects, reduce our reliance on outside expertise, strengthen our team's capabilities, and share what I learn with colleagues.
Expected Cost & Funding
Course fee: [request an itemized quote at the link below]. Applied Technology Academy supports multiple funding paths that may reduce or cover this cost: GSA MAS purchasing and government purchase orders, military credentialing funding (Army CA, AF COOL, CG COOL), VA GI Bill and VR&E, ATA Flexible Spending, and student financing. Private team cohorts are available if colleagues should attend with me.
Conclusion
This training provides practical, hands-on experience I can apply immediately to strengthen our work in digital forensics & reverse engineering. Additional course information is available at https://appliedtechnologyacademy.com/ec-council-training/computer-hacking-forensic-investigator/.
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