eLearnAfrica
Practical: Cyber Investigator
PA Consulting
  • Start Date: 20 Dec, 2021
  • 3 weeks
  • Study Content: Videos


Gain practical skills in how to handle digital evidence and data collection to help kick start your career in cyber investigation.

Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility
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Course Description

This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn partnership.

Put what you have learned into practice to develop your digital forensics skills


Almost every investigation: criminal, civil, corporate, HR, or security will include a digital element. It is vital that the investigator can correctly interpret and present the complex digital evidence so that it can withstand scrutiny – it may be the key that proves or disproves an investigation.


Once you have completed the courses on the Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) Expert Track, this four-week practical course will help you gain hands-on experience in using digital evidence.


You’ll learn how to put the five-phase investigation model into practice, with a focus on the identification and preservation of digital evidence.


Learn how to carry out data interpretation


The course will help you develop an understanding of the requirements for a digital investigation.


You’ll explore different scenarios to learn how to examine, recover, extract, and interpret data. This understanding will help you collect data in a forensically sound manner, translate raw data from sources that are compressed, encoded, or encrypted, and provide investigational context to the data.


You’ll also learn how to present your interpreted data in a way that can be understood by others.


Learn practical skills for dealing with digital evidence alongside PA Consulting


By the end of the course, you’ll be able to explain the importance of evidential and forensic integrity. You’ll know how data can be hidden from the investigator and be able to present complex digital matters that can withstand scrutiny.


Learning from Jim Metcalfe, a digital forensic investigator, cyber security incident responder, and expert witness at PA Consulting, you’ll finish the course with practical knowledge on how to handle digital evidence required for legal or disciplinary proceedings.


This course is designed for anyone who has completed the Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) Expert Track.


It will help you gain practical experience in digital investigation and forensics.


Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.

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