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FOR498: Battlefield Forensics and Data Acquisition Course

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    Learn and master the tools, techniques and procedures necessary to effectively locate, identify and collect data no matter where it is stored
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    Perform Battlefield Forensics by going from evidence seizure to actionable intelligence in 90 minutes or less
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    Understand the concepts and usage of large-volume storage technologies, including JBOD, RAID storage, NAS devices and other large-scale, network addressable storage
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    Recover and properly preserve digital evidence on cellular and other portable devices
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    Properly collect and effectively target email from Exchange servers, avoiding the old-school method of full acquisition and subsequent onerous data culling

Overview

Off the shelf (OTS)

FOR498, a digital forensic acquisition training course, provides the necessary skills to identify the many and varied data storage mediums in use today and how to collect and preserve this data in a forensically sound manner despite how and where it may be stored. It covers digital acquisition from computers, portable devices, networks and the cloud. It then teaches the student Battlefield Forensics, or the art and science of identifying and starting to extract actionable intelligence from a hard drive in 90 minutes or less.

Delivery method
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Face to face

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Virtual

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Digital

Course duration
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48 hours

Competency level
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Working

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Delivery method
  • face to face icon

    Face to face

  • Virtual icon

    Virtual

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    Digital

Course duration
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48 hours

Competency level
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    Working