Cybercrime investigators are typically responsible for collecting, processing, analyzing, and interpreting digital evidence related to network vulnerabilities, criminal activity, and counterintelligence initiatives.
In this course, you'll explore the basics of network packet capturing, a process used to intercept and log traffic occurring over a network. You'll also examine the purpose and features of some standard tools and techniques to preserve and analyze a computer system's most volatile data. You'll then learn to use some of these tools and techniques to achieve various digital forensic analysis goals.
Next, you'll recognize computer forensic best practices, including locating evidence in the Windows Registry. Finally, you'll learn how to differentiate between the purpose and features of the various tools available for conducting hard disk forensic analysis.