Digital Forensics and Computer Examiner Training

Security incidents create both technical and legal risk when evidence is collected inconsistently or reported without a defensible process. IT Directors can assign this professional-level course to digital forensic investigators, incident response staff, or senior security practitioners with roughly 3–5 years of cybersecurity experience who need a shared workflow for collecting, preserving, analyzing, and reporting digital evidence.

The course is about 12 hours and 20 minutes per learner, making it realistic for a focused upskilling sprint or phased rollout across an investigations team. It covers chain of custody, Kali setup and monitoring, Windows artifacts, unallocated data, volatile memory analysis with Volatility, steganography, and Federal Rules of Evidence. For change management, Team Leads should align learners on internal evidence-handling procedures before applying these skills in live investigations. CBT Nuggets Playlists and Team Reporting help Training Managers assign the course, monitor progress, and verify completion across the team.

IT teams complete this training to make forensic investigations more consistent, defensible, and useful during security incidents or legal review. The course connects evidence handling with practical examination tasks across systems, files, memory, and network behavior.

• Reduce investigation risk: Teams learn chain of custody concepts and Federal Rules of Evidence considerations that support defensible evidence handling.
• Improve incident reconstruction: Investigators examine Windows artifacts, unallocated data, files, and volatile memory to better understand what happened on a system.
• Strengthen response readiness: Practitioners work through Kali setup, monitoring, and Metasploit-related concepts so they can recognize and investigate security activity more effectively.
• Find hidden or deleted evidence: Teams study file steganography and unallocated artifacts, helping investigators look beyond active files when reviewing compromised systems.

Knowledge

• Core digital forensics concepts, including evidence collection, preservation, analysis, and reporting
• Chain of custody requirements and why documentation matters during investigations
• How Windows artifacts, unallocated space, and volatile memory can support incident analysis
• How file steganography can hide data during an investigation
• Federal Rules of Evidence concepts relevant to digital evidence handling

Ability

• Follow a more consistent workflow for handling and documenting digital evidence
• Install and configure Kali for investigation-related monitoring tasks
• Examine files, Windows artifacts, unallocated data, and RAM for forensic clues
• Use Volatility concepts to learn about a system and analyze memory captures
• Communicate findings in a way that supports technical review and legal or compliance stakeholders