Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI) Certification Training

Computer Forensics in Today’s World

• Understanding computer forensics
• Why and when do you use computer forensics?
• Cyber crime (types of computer crimes)
• Case study
• Challenges cyber crimes present for investigators
• Cyber crime investigation
• Rules of forensics investigation
• Understanding digital evidence
• Types of digital evidence
• Characteristics of digital evidence
• Role of digital evidence
• Sources of potential evidence
• Rules of evidence
• Forensics readiness
• Computer forensics as part of an incident response plan
• Need for forensic investigator
• Roles and responsibilities of forensics investigator
• What makes a goof computer forensics investigator?
• Investigative challenges
• Legal and privacy issues
• Code of ethics
• Accessing computer forensics resources

Computer Forensics Investigation Process

• Importance of computer forensics process
• Phases involved in the computer forensics investigation process
• Pre-investigation phase
• Investigation phase
• Post-investigation phase

Understanding Hard Disks and File Systems

• Hard disk drive overview
• Disk partitions and boot process
• Understanding file systems
• RAID storage system
• File system analysis

Data Acquisition and Duplication

• Data acquisition and duplication concepts
• Static acquisition
• Validate data acquisitions
• Acquisition best practices

Defeating Anti-Forensics Techniques

• What is anti-forensics?
• Anti-forensics techniques

Operating System Forensics (Windows, Mac, Linux)

• Introduction to OS forensics
• Windows forensics
• Linux forensics
• MAC forensics

Network Forensics

• Introduction to network forensics
• Fundamental logging concepts
• Event correlation concepts
• Network forensic readiness
• Network forensics steps
• Network traffic investigation
• Documenting the evidence
• Evidence reconstruction

Investigating Web Attacks

• Introduction to web application forensics
• Web attack investigation
• Investigating web server logs
• Web attack detection tools
• Tools for locating IP Address
• WHOIS lookup tools

Database Forensics

• Database forensics and its importance
• MSSQL forensics
• MySQL forensics

Cloud Forensics

• Introduction to cloud computing
• Cloud forensics

Malware Forensics

• Introduction to malware
• Introduction to malware forensics

Investigating Email Crimes

• Email system
• Email crimes (email spamming, mail bombing/mail storm, phishing, email spoofing, crime via chat room, identity fraud/chain letter)
• Email message
• Steps to investigate email crimes and violation
• Email forensics tools
• Laws and acts against email crimes

Mobile Phone Forensics

• Mobile device forensics

Forensics Report Writing and Persuasion

• Writing investigation reports
• Expert witness testimony

CHFI Certification Training Course Details: 

• Number of Questions: 150
• Passing Score: 70%
• Duration: 4 hours
• Format: multiple choice
• Delivery: Prometric/Pearson VUE
• Code: 312-49

CHFI Certification Exam Objectives:

The CHFI certification exam tests candidates on these twenty-two domains:

• Computer Forensics in Today’s World
• Computer Forensics Investigation Process Searching and Seizing Computers
• Digital Evidence
• First Responder Procedures
• Computer Forensics Lab
• Understanding Hard Disks and File Systems
• Windows Forensics
• Data Acquisition and Duplication
• Recovering Deleted Files and Deleted Partitions
• Forensics Investigation with AccessData FTK
• Forensics Investigation with EnCase
• Steganography and Image File Forensics
• Application Password Crackers
• Log Capturing and Event Correlation
• Network Forensics, Investigating Logs and Network Traffic
• Investigation Wireless Attacks
• Investigating Web Attacks
• Tracking Emails and Investigation Email Crimes
• Mobile Forensics
• Investigative REports
• Becoming and Expert Witness

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