Course Overview

Virtual Machines are popular for both commercial and personal use. Hence, a digital investigator must analyze them.

In this course, you will learn about virtual machines, hypervisors, different type 2 hypervisors, and installing VM on your machine.? Files associated with popular hypervisors will be explained. Also, you will be introduced to two powerful forensics tools FTK imager and OSForensics. You will learn how to install FTK Imager and OSForensic. In addition, you learn how to detect VMs on a suspect machine and finally how to conduct an investigation on a suspect machine. 

By the end of the course, you will have knowledge on conducting forensic analysis of virtual machines.

What You Will Learn

  • Virtualization and virtual machine component.
  • How to conduct forensics analysis of virtual machines.

Program Curriculum

  • An Overview of Virtual Machine Forensics
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  • What is a Virtual Machine?
  • What is a Hypervisor?
  • Most Widely used Hypervisors Type 2
  • How to Install VirtualBox?
  • Enabling Virtualization Technology
  • Files Associated with VMWare
  • Chapter 2 Quiz

  • Digital Forensics Key Terms - Part 1
  • Digital Forensics Key Terms - Part 2
  • Digital Forensics Key Terms - Part 3
  • Chapter 3 Quiz

  • Forensics Toolkit or FTK Imager
  • How to Install FTK Imager?
  • OSForensics
  • How to Install OSForensics?
  • Chapter 4 Quiz

  • Conducting an Investigation with Type to Hypervisors
  • How to Acquire an Image of a VM?
  • Conducting an Investigation-Detecting VMs on a Host Computer
  • Procedure for Conducting a VM Forensics Analysis
  • Chapter 5 Quiz

  • Examining Your Own System for Evidence of a VM - Part 1
  • Examining Your Own System for Evidence of a VM - Part 2
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Instructor

Dr. Afsaneh Javadi

Afsaneh Javadi is an Electronic and Computer Engineer with a Ph.D. in Smart systems and Robotics.  Her current teaching interests are Data communications, System/Network design, software development, Cybersecurity, and Digital Forensics. Afsaneh is passionate about smart cities and focuses on citizen participation. This passion has grown in several ways in the fields of education, technology, business, and communities. She broadened knowledge of about 2500 students in both graduate and undergraduate levels, for diverse courses in Electronic and Computer Engineering and Computer Science. She offers a track record of academic excellence with successful teaching experience in different countries. As an engineer, she has worked in the industry for many years and has had different responsibilities in many IT fields in particular as an IT director, System administrator, and Network engineer. By integrating knowledge with practical expertise she has been able to engage and connect students to their future careers in industry. She holds relevant industry certificates CCNA, CCNP, Security+, A+, and Linux+.

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