Training Delivery - Classroom Training/Onsite

    CS 235 - Basic Network Intrusion Investigations (Oct 2018)

    This course covers the skills and techniques involved in responding to a network security incident. The course focuses on the identification, extraction, and detailed examination of artifacts associated with network and intrusions. Memory analysis, host machine forensics, network traffic and log analysis, malware analysis, and virtual machine sandboxing are covered through lecture, discussion, and hands-on exercises. Additional topics include key cybersecurity concepts and issues, as well as the various classifications and types of network attacks.

    PT 201 - Digital Evidence Basics & the CLOUD Act (Oct 2018)

    This course provides the technical and legal information prosecutors need to see cases involving digital evidence through the entire criminal justice process, from seizure and extraction to admissibility to verdict. Topics include digital evidence commonly seized during the execution of a search warrant, issues specific to mobile phones, digital evidence stored remotely ("in the cloud"), and the processes investigators use to obtain this evidence, such as the interrogation of digital devices. There is a strong focus on case law, ethics, and other legal issues surrounding the collection and custody of digital evidence, as well as its use at trial. The course also examines new legislation like the CLOUD Act, which is reforming the digital evidence landscape just as rapidly as the ever-changing case law.

    Basic Training for Street Gang Investigators

    About the Training

    This training is made possible through funding from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance. The three-day class offers basic, entry-level training to sworn officers newly assigned to work with street gangs or those with limited experience and/or no formal training in street gang investigations. Course topics may include:

    State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training Program: Specialized Workshop (Dallas, TX Area)

    Subject experts in domestic and international terrorist/criminal extremist groups and individuals will offer investigative strategies for effectively identifying pre-incident behaviors and activities and will detail how local communities and law enforcement agencies are impacted by current terrorism trends. 

    State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training Program: Specialized Workshop (Raleigh, NC)

    This workshop explores the current domestic and international terrorist threat, provides investigative strategies for effectively identifying pre-incident behaviors and activities, and details how local communities and law enforcement agencies are impacted. The discussion includes criminal threats from militias, sovereign citizens, and white supremacists, as well as single-issue terrorism. 

    State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training Program: Specialized Workshop (St. Louis, MO Area)

    Subject experts in domestic and international terrorist/criminal extremist groups and individuals will offer investigative strategies for effectively identifying pre-incident behaviors and activities and will detail how local communities and law enforcement agencies are impacted by current terrorism trends. 

    State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training Program: Specialized Workshop (Catoosa, OK)

    Course topics address the basic beliefs of sovereign citizens and the threats that the criminal extremist element of sovereign citizens presents to law enforcement officers. Emphasis will be given to the problems that sovereign citizens present in court and other legal situations.

    CC 101 - Basic Digital Forensic Imaging (Sept 20 2018)

    This course covers the fundamentals of computer operations, hardware function, and configuration, as well as best practices for the protection, preservation, and imaging of digital evidence. Presentations and hands-on exercises cover topics such as partitioning, data storage, hardware and software write blockers, the boot-up and shutdown processes, live imaging, encryption detection, and duplicate imaging. This course incorporates computer forensic applications that experienced practitioners are currently using in the field.

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    CI 121 - Cellular Records Analysis (Sept 2018)

    This course is for officers, investigators, and analysts who encounter cell phone evidence that includes information external to the phone. Class concepts include instruction on how to request, read, and analyze call detail records from cellular providers, as well as how to plot cellular site locations to determine the approximate position of a suspect during a given period. No special hardware or software is required. However, this course focuses heavily on analysis; as such, a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel is highly recommended.

    Students are provided with a free copy of the National White Collar Crime Center's (NW3C) PerpHound tool, which assists in the plotting of call detail record locations.

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