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Digital Forensics and Incident Response Pathway

Master Digital Forensics and Incident Response

This pathway provides a structured learning journey into Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR). Students will gain practical skills in acquiring forensic data, analyzing malicious documents and emails, investigating Windows registry and artifacts, and performing in-depth disk analysis. By the end, learners will be able to reconstruct incidents, uncover evidence, and support investigations with professional forensic methodologies.

Total Duration
19h 21m
Courses
6
Hands-on Labs
19

Learning Journey

  1. Intermediate · 3h

    Forensic acquisition essentials: evidence handling, hashing, write blockers, FTK Imager, and KAPE to safely collect and validate data.

  2. Intermediate · 2h 51m

    Analyze malicious Office documents: file structure, macros, obfuscation, sandboxing, and practical techniques to detect document-borne threats safely.

  3. Beginner · 3h 30m

    Investigate suspicious emails: structure, transport, authentication (SPF, DKIM, DMARC), header analysis, reputation checks, and identifying phishing or spoofing.

  4. Intermediate · 3h

    Windows Registry forensics: structure, hives, keys, values, and artifacts revealing user activity, USB history, and network evidence.

  5. Intermediate · 3h

    Windows artifact forensics: Prefetch, LNK, Recycle Bin, persistence mechanisms, and browser data to reconstruct timelines and user actions.

  6. Intermediate · 4h

    NTFS forensics: collect artifacts and analyze $MFT, $USNJRNL, and $LOGFILE with tools to reconstruct activity and detect tampering.

Career Outcomes

  • DFIR Analyst
  • Forensic Investigator
  • Incident Response Specialist
  • Malware Analyst