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Course Overview

Where you visit online and what you do there is no secret. Your web search history, preferences, relationships, social media accounts, usernames, passwords, and even your location data are unfortunately not as private as you may have thought. Instead, you may become increasingly uncomfortable when you realize how much of your life is accessible and available online. The aggregation of multiple digital footprint data points can yield substantial insight and a pattern-of-life-like profile on everyday Internet users like yourself. While this is exciting news for investigators and cybersecurity professionals, it is imperative that you know what data can be exposed.

This course is designed to introduce you to the concept of digital footprints and bring awareness to the consequences of naïve and irresponsible data sharing online. You will learn how to recognize your own digital footprint, how it is created, and how to minimize it. Other topics covered in this hands-on course include advanced Google search techniques, steps to protect your privacy on social media, web browser forensics, and how digital footprints can fuel successful phishing campaigns.

At the end of this course, you will be able to articulate clearly to a non-technical audience the concept of digital footprints and lead discussions around leveraging various techniques and methodologies to harness digital footprint data.

What You Will Learn

  • Recognize and limit your online digital footprint.
  • Take steps to protect your privacy on social media.
  • Apply advanced Google search techniques to locate digital footprint data.
  • Access and interpret your own Google Takeout data.
  • Locate, parse and interpret common web browser forensic artifacts to determine online user activity.

Program Curriculum

  • Course Overview and Course Objectives
  • Digital Footprints at a Glance
  • $7 Million Cybersecurity Scholarship by EC-Council
  • Chapter 1 Quiz

  • Benefits and Costs
  • Building a Substantial Digital Footprint
  • Evolution of Digital Footprints
  • Digital Footprints and Economics
  • Digital Footprints on the Crime Scene
  • Chapter 2 Quiz

  • Where are Digital Footprints Found?
  • Applications that Store Digital Footprints
  • Digital Footprints on Different Devices
  • Types of Digital Footprints
  • Deconstructing Digital Footprints
  • Chapter 3 Quiz

  • Introduction to Phishing and Online Scams
  • Digital Footprints and Phishing Campaigns
  • Anatomy of a Phishing Email
  • How to Spot Phishing Emails
  • How to Spot Phishing Emails - Demo
  • How to Safeguard Against Phishing Emails
  • Chapter 4 Quiz

  • Search Engines and Indexing
  • Advanced Google Searching
  • Applied Google Searching and PI
  • Applied Google Searching and Social Media
  • Putting it All Together
  • Chapter 5 Quiz

  • Introduction to Google Takeout Service
  • Accessing Google Takeout
  • Exploring Google Takeout Data
  • Google Takeout Data and Forensics
  • Putting it all together
  • Chapter 6 Quiz

  • Introduction to Web Browsers
  • Google Chrome Artifacts
  • Mozilla Firefox Artifacts
  • Internet Explorer and Edge Artifacts
  • Putting it All Together
  • Chapter 7 Quiz

  • Introduction to Social Media
  • Privacy Concerns and Social Media
  • Social Media as a Conduit for Cybercrime
  • Social Media Etiquette
  • Limiting Your Digital Footprint on Social Media
  • Chapter 8 Quiz

  • Key Takeaways from the Course
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Instructor

Alain N'Dalla

Alain N'Dalla is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and boasts over 5 years of combined experience in both Law enforcement and the Financial and Telecommunications sector completing highly complex Digital Forensic investigations, leading incident response activities, and driving security operations across several global territories including Canada and Jamaica. In his current role in law enforcement, he supports ongoing criminal investigations ranging from homicides, human trafficking, drugs, and domestic violence by providing digital forensic expertise and technical guidance. Alain has also been designated an EnCase Certified Examiner (EnCE). He also has developed and delivered training to sworn members in the area of Open-Source Intelligence. Further, Alain is a professor of Cybercrime Law, Investigations, and Forensics at Loyalist College in Belleville, Ontario.

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