DF101 Basic Digital Forensic Analysis (Jan. 2020, New Mexico)

This course provides the fundamental knowledge and skills required to preview and acquire images from Windows-based and macOS-based computers, mobile devices, and removable storage media in a forensically sound manner.

Presentations and hands-on practical exercises cover the following topics:

• Storage media and how data is stored;
• Firmware interfaces (BIOS, UEFI);
• The previewing process;
• Live and dead-box previewing;
• The forensic acquisition process;
• Tool validation;
• Hardware and software write blockers;
• Forensic image formats; and
• Multiple forensic acquisition methods.

Students will use free and commercial third-party tools that are currently used by practitioners in the field.