Overview What You Will Learn Curriculum Instructor

Course Overview

The conventional, generally acknowledged digital forensic practice of turning off a computer and then using a write blocker to acquire a bit-stream image of the system hard drive is increasingly being found to be unworkable in instances where it is necessary for you as an investigator to act faster while still allowing critical business activities to go on. 

Perhaps more significant is the fact that some organizations are no longer allowed to decide on their own when to provide some sort of live reaction. Instead, both governing or regulatory bodies and legislation in some respects make live forensics mandatory, hence requiring active responses. Moreover, it is also possible that you as an Investigator or incident responder cannot just answer all the investigation questions by just using the contents of an imaged hard drive from a computer that has been turned off. This makes live forensics a critical part of your incident response process in any business organization, especially in situations where you encounter servers that are critical to business operations and cannot be shut down. 

This course, therefore, takes you through the essential process of conducting live forensics and helps you learn how to investigate or respond to suspected cyberattacks while systems are still running. You will also gain knowledge on how to identify, mitigate, and eradicate cyber threats without disrupting your critical business activities. This course will further help you appreciate the fact that live forensics is very important in some instances where you are required by auditors, legal teams, or law enforcement to provide essential information very fast.

By the end of the course, you will have learnt the essential knowledge necessary to conduct live forensics in your organization while at the same time advancing your career and perhaps learning new skills in digital forensic investigation. This will put you ahead of the curve on your digital investigation career journey as well as quickly help you learn emerging technologies in this field.

What You Will Learn

  • Learn about Common tools used for conducting live forensics
  • Understand why we conduct live forensics!
  • Familiarize about data to be collected and where to find it when conducting live forensics
  • Understand about the order of volatility and how to collect volatile data
  • Learn about evidence acquisition and analysis
  • Learn about the legal consideration of live forensics
  • Familiarize with the best practices and rules for evidence acquisition

Program Curriculum

  • Live Forensic Fundamentals
  • Live Forensic Process, Techniques, and Tools
  • Legal Considerations of Live Analysis
  • Forensics Lab Setup
  • $7 Million Cybersecurity Scholarship by EC-Council
  • Chapter 1 Quiz

  • Evidence Collection Preparation
  • Best Practices for Evidence Acquisition
  • Methods of Acquiring Digital Evidence
  • Procedures for Collecting Evidence
  • Collecting Evidence from Live Windows Systems
  • Acquiring Memory from a Windows System
  • Acquiring Evidence from Remote Systems or Cloud Storage
  • Legal Considerations While Collecting Evidence from a Running Computer
  • Understanding the Chain of Custody
  • Chapter 2 Lab
  • Chapter 2 Quiz

  • Introduction
  • Live Forensic Imaging Fundamentals
  • Preparation Process
  • Live Forensic Imaging Using FTK Imager
  • Imaging a Virtual Machine
  • Chapter 3 Quiz

  • Introduction
  • Live Forensic Evidence Analysis Concepts
  • Live Analysis of Captured System Memory
  • Live Analysis of Captured Disk Image
  • Analyzing a Running or Live Computer
  • Assessing and Analyzing Network and System Components
  • Chapter 4 Quiz

  • Introduction to Documentation
  • The Basics of Live Forensic Documentation
  • What Should Be Documented During Live Forensic Investigations?
  • The Importance of Live Forensic Documentation
  • Understanding the Different Live Forensic Documentation Types
  • Key Best Practices of Live Forensic Documentation
  • Chapter 5 Quiz

  • Introduction
  • Analysis of Captured Memory File Using Volatility
  • Browser History Analysis
  • Password Recovery
  • File Recovery from Disk Images
  • Event Log Analysis
  • Using PowerShell to Automate Forensic Tasks
  • Monitoring a Running System or Network
  • Live Forensic Case Studies
  • Chapter 6 Lab
  • Chapter 6 Quiz

  • Introduction to Forensic Report Writing
  • Report Writing Fundamentals
  • What to Include in Your Forensic Report?
  • Understanding Your Audience
  • Chapter 7 Quiz

  • Course Conclusion and Way Forward
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Instructor

Nickson M. Karie

Having worked for different Universities across the globe, Dr Nickson M. Karie is an accomplished Cybersecurity and Forensics professional with over thirteen years of academic teaching and research. Dr Nickson has also worked for different research organizations and published several research articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals and presented his research findings at a scientific conference. Currently, Dr Nickson is working full-time as a Technical Training Manager and a Digital Forensics and Incidence Response (DFIR) Specialist in Australia. Dr Nickson enjoys using his Cybersecurity and Forensics skills and knowledge to contribute to the exciting technological advances happening in different industries and academia in the world. He believes that cybersecurity, Digital Forensics and Incidence Response is not only fundamental part of our daily life but also key to the future of our global digital economy. Dr Nickson graduated from the University of Pretoria, South Africa in 2016 with a PhD in Computer Science and his research interests are in Digital Forensics, Critical Infrastructure Security, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Information and Computer Security Architecture, Network Security as well as IoT Security. Dr Nickson, therefore, sees Live Forensics as genuinely transformational and, as such, it must be focused on adding value. With the adoption of IoT and cloud technologies Live Forensics will be more valuable in the current and future complex business environments.

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