Advance Your Skills as a Computer Forensics Specialist

Overview

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Cybercrimes are on the rise, driving the demand for forensics specialists. This learning path will equip you with fundamental computer forensics knowledge and help you launch your career as a forensics expert.

Learn how to collect and investigate network traffic.
Discover how to recover evidence from an operating system.
Develop your knowledge of languages such as Python.

Syllabus

Course 1: Learning Computer Forensics

Learn how to acquire and analyze data from computers or storage devices with computer forensics.

Course 2: Operating System Forensics

Learn the fundamentals of operating system forensics. Find out how to recover evidence from the operating system of any computer.

Course 3: Network Forensics

Get a comprehensive, but succinct, look at network forensics. Learn how to prepare for network forensics investigations, investigate network events, and examine network traffic.

Course 4: Learning Linux Command Line

Explore the Linux command line and Bash shell. Learn how to navigate the file and folder structure, edit text, set permissions, and install and update software on Linux machines.

Course 5: Wireshark: Malware and Forensics

Learn to use Wireshark for deep packet analysis, capturing, and forensics. Learn to detect and handle unusual traffic on a network and prevent malicious activity.

Course 6: Protecting Your Network with Open Source Software

Learn how to protect your network for free with open-source tools and these network-security tutorials from expert Jungwoo Ryoo.

Course 7: Learning PowerShell

Learn how IT admins use PowerShell in their day-to-day work. Find out how to use cmdlets, work with functions, and use PowerShell in on-premises and cloud-based environments.

Course 8: Learning Bash Scripting

Get a fast-paced introduction to Bash script, a popular shell scripting language.

Course 9: Python Essential Training

Review the syntax of this simple programming language, and learn how to write scripts, create modules, and integrate a database with Python 3 and the Python database API.

Course 10: Soft Skills for Information Security Professionals

Information security isn’t all ones and zeros. Learn how to communicate security concepts and proposals in terms that will resonate with audiences of all technical abilities.