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You Will Learn How To
- Implement a computer forensics incident-response strategy
- Lead a successful investigation from the initial response to completion
- Conduct disc-based analysis and recover deleted files
- Identify information-hiding techniques
- Reconstruct user activity from e-mail, temporary Internet files and cached data
- Assess the integrity of system memory and process architecture to reveal malicious codes
Course Benefits Do you know what to do if your organisation's security is compromised? Threats of computer crime against an organisation's infrastructure have grown substantially, but there are steps you can take. In this course, you apply the latest Windows-based computer forensic techniques to uncover illicit activity and recover lost data. Every crime leaves behind clues. With the right tools, you can effectively respond to and counteract security threats.
Who Should Attend Systems administrators and those involved in responding to security incidents. Knowledge of Windows-based PCs, including hardware and operating system software, at the level of Course 2400, " Windows 7 Comprehensive Introduction", is assumed
Hands-On Training Exercises, providing experience using software forensic tools to investigate Windows-based systems, include:
- Leveraging case-management software
- Employing forensic toolkits
- Imaging digital media
- Hiding and discovering potential evidence
- Applying steganography techniques
- Manipulating alternate data streams
- Discovering information in mangled files
- Conducting e-mail investigations
- Reconstructing browser and Web server activity
- Establishing covert surveillance with keystroke loggers and remote access
- Configuring tools to detect a rootkit
Course Content Introduction to Computer Forensics
- Responding to incidents
- Applying forensic analysis skills
- Distinguishing between unpermitted corporate and criminal activity
Handling Preliminary Investigations
Planning for incident response
- Knowing your organisation's policies
- Minimising impact on your organisation
Identifying the incident life cycle
- Performing incident analysis
- Capturing volatile information
Controlling an Investigation
Collecting digital evidence
- Chain of custody and process integrity
- Advantages of the forensics analysis team
Legal aspects of acquiring evidence
- Securing and documenting the scene
- Processing and logging evidence
Conducting Disk-Based Analysis
Forensics lab operations
- Acquiring a bit-stream image
- Enabling a write blocker
- Establishing a baseline
- Physically protecting the media
Disk structure and recovery techniques
- Disk geometry components
- Inspecting Windows file system architectures
- Locating and restoring deleted content
Investigating Information-Hiding Techniques
Uncovering potential cybersecurity threats or leaks
- Scanning and evaluating alternate data streams
- Executing code from a stream
- Steganography tools and concepts
- Detecting steganography
- Scavenging slack space
Inspecting header signatures and file mangling
- Combining files
- Binding multiple executable files
- File time analysis
Scrutinising E-mail
Investigating the mail client
- Interpreting e-mail headers
- Recovering deleted e-mails
Validating e-mail header information
- Detecting spoofed e-mail
- Verifying e-mail routing
Tracing Internet Access
Inspecting browser cache and history files
- Exploring temporary Internet files
- Researching cookie storage
- Reconstructing cleared browser history
- Assessing antiforensics features browsers
- Updated browser analysis
Auditing Internet surfing
- Tracking user activity
- Uncovering unauthorised usage
Searching Memory in Real Time
Comparing the architecture of processes
- Identifying user and kernel memory
- Inspecting threads
- Discovering rogue DLLs and drivers
Employing advanced process analysis methods
- Evaluating processes with Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
- Walking dependency trees
Auditing processes and services
- Investigating the process table
- Discovering evidence in the Registry
- Deploying and detecting a rootkit
Implementing covert surveillance techniques
- Logging key strokes
- Observing real-time remote desktops
- Monitoring Internet access
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Course Dates
UK Dates | | 10-13 Jul | London enrol | | 27-30 Nov | London enrol | US East Coast Dates | | 21-24 Feb | Washington, DC enrol* | | 29 May - 1 Jun | Washington, DC enrol* |
*New York and Washington DC Courses – Available online with a run time of 2pm to 9pm BST. For AnyWare enrolments, please register at least 10 days prior to the start of the course.
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