Name: Computer Forensics Specialization (Coursera)
Item: Computer Forensics Specialization (Coursera)
Author: DFIR Diva

Name & Affiliate Link*: Computer Forensics Specialization

Platform: Coursera

Hands-On: Parts of the course are hands-on (some files are not available)

Cost: $59/month or $399/year (Free if you can complete it within the 7-day free trial). Cost includes access to over 7,000 Coursera courses.

The Courses in the Specialization Are:

Digital Forensics Concepts
Windows OS Forensics
Windows Registry Forensics

Digital Forensics Concepts Topics: Introduction to Digital Forensics, Legal Consideration and Search Authority, The Investigation Process, Recognizing and Collecting Digital Evidence, Preservation of Evidence/On Scene Triage, Hash Values and File Hashing, Creating a Disk Image, Validating Your Tools, Linux DD, Keyword and Grep Searches, Keyword Searching with Autopsy, Network Basics, Reporting and Peer Review, Report Writing, Tool Generated Reports, The Importance of Peer Review, Digital Forensics Project.

Windows OS Forensics Topics: Bits, Bytes, Converting Decimal to Binary, Converting Binary to Hex, Signed Integers, Little Endian vs Big Endian, Disk Partition Schema, Physical vs Logical Drives, Sectors and Clusters, MBR Partition Schema, GPT Partition Schema, Solid State Disks, The FAT File System, The NTFS File System, The exFAT File System, Windows Registry Forensics, The Live Registry, Common Forensic Artifacts Found in the Registry.

Windows Registry Forensics Topics: Introduction to the Windows Registry, Preparing to Examine the Windows Registry, NTUser.dat Hive File Analysis, SAM Hive File, Software Hive File, System Hive File, USRClass.dat Hive File, AmCache Hive File.

Review:

I wrote a review for this Specialization as well as the Cyber Incident Response Specialization HERE.

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Computer Forensics Specialization (Coursera)

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