A simplified insight to the basic concepts of Digital Forensics.
This course seeks to introduce the field of digital forensics to beginners. The course will give you a simplified insight into the basic concepts of the field.
There are illustrations and practical examples to help improve your understanding, Quizzes are also included to test understanding and you will carry out a simple practical exercise at the end.
- Basic understanding of computers and information systems.
- Basic understanding of the law and legal systems.
- Basic understanding of information security.
- How to define and explain digital forensics and some it's basic concepts
- How to carry out a very simple digital forensics data collection
- How to create a bit stream image of a Windows disk and recover deleted file
How digital forensics can be applied for law enforcement, business and day-to-day activities.
Introduction to some laws and regulations that govern digital forensics.
A look at the basic steps in a digital forensics investigation.
A look at the digital forensics investigation process as it pertains to disks.
A brief demonstration of a digital forensics but image capture using FTK Imager.
FTK Imager is free for download from Accessdata's website: https://accessdata.com/product-download/ftk-imager-version-4-2-1.
After the demonstration, a practical assignment follows. Material to be used for the assignment an instructions are contained in the attached resources for this module. When you are done with the assignment answer the quiz questions which are based on it.
Questions with respect to the assignment carried out in the module.
The materials for the assignment are attached in the resources area.

The instructor spoke at a pace that I could easily understand. The hands-on demonstrations were helpful.