Computer Forensics Introduction by VTC

Overview
Computer Forensics Definition
Course Overview Pt.1
Course Overview Pt.2

Defining Incident Response
Incident Response Definition
Criminal Investigations
Corporate Investigations
Private/Civil Investigations

Computer Forensics : Role Of The Investigator
Impartiality
Skill Sets & Training
Evidence Control & Documentation
Investigation & Analysis
Reporting & Testifying

The Incident Response Team (IRT)
Roles of an Incident Response Team
Charter
Authority, Roles & Responsibility
Team Training & Cross-Functional Skills
Team Preparation & Activation

Computer Crime Laws
Computer Crime Laws & Issues
US Constitution Fourth Amendment
Title 18 USC
Other US Statutes

Corporate Regulation & Privacy Issues
Computer Abuse in the Corporate World
Security & Acceptable Use Policies
Expectation of Privacy

Evidence Control & Documentation
Document! Document! Document!
Evidence Collection & Inventory
Chain of Custody Tutorials
Evidence Storage & Security
Federal Rules of Evidence

Crime Scene Response
Preparation: Your Response Kit
Securing the Scene
Photographing the Scene
Marking & Inventorying
Live Response
Post Mortem Examination

Building a Computer Forensics Laboratory
Laboratory Standards
Facility Physical Security
Evidence Security
Computer Forensics Software
Hardware
Portable Forensics Lab

Commercial Forensics Software Tools
The Case for Commercial Tools
EnCase
Access Data Forensics Tool Kit
DriveSpy & Paraben

Open Source Forensics Tools
Open Source Forensics Tools
Linux dd
Autopsy & The Sleuth Kit
Helix
Forensic Incident Response Environment
Knoppix

Basics of Disk Imaging
Types of Disk Duplication
Bitstream Images
Importance of Slack space/Unallocated space
Hashing

Computer Forensics Disk Imaging Tools
dd
Symantec Ghost
FTK Imager
Encase
Hardware Imagers

Disk Analysis
Disk Basics
Disk Structures - Fat File System
Disk Structures - NTFS File System
Disk Structures - EXT2/EXT3 File Systems

Computer Forensics File Analysis
What are you looking for?
File Attributes
Known File Type Signatures & Hashes
Malware
Steganography Tutorials

Log File Analysis
Installation Logs
Windows Event Logs
Firewall & IDS Logs
Application & Error Logs

Windows Forensics
What you are looking for?
Live vs. Dead Responses
Network Connections, Processes, & Services Tutorials 1
Network Connections, Processes, & Services Pt.2
Network Connections, Processes, & Services Pt.3
Hidden Files & NTFS Streams
Encrypted & Password Protected Files
Browser Artifacts
Auditing & The Security Event Log
Windows Forensics Tools

Linux Forensics
Linux Forensics Tutorials

Computer Forensics Case Study
The Case
Incident Response
Data acquisition
Data analysis Tutorials
Documentation

Concluding an Investigation
Documentation
Preparation
Concluding a Corporate Investigation
Testifying in Court
Ethical Responsibilities

Computer Forensics Wrap Up
Wrapping it up

Credits
About The Authors and these Tutorials