Advanced Digital Forensics (certificate)

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Official Title of Certificate: Advanced Digital Forensics, Certificate

Award: Certificate

Code: CRT.CIS.DIGIT-FRSC-A

Total Credit Hours: 25

About the Cybersecurity, Networking and Digital Forensics Department

Purpose: Perform forensic investigations, incident handling, and conduct incident investigations. Gain the knowledge and skills necessary to execute forensic investigations of networks, hosts, and mobile devices, including the use of standard computer forensics and evidence handling techniques to collect, process, review, analyze and produce electronic evidence. The program fully maps to the eight knowledge domains currently specified by the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3) and fully prepares students for the Magnet Certified Forensic Examiner (MCFE) exam. Upon completion of the Advanced Digital Forensics Certificate, students are eligible for DoD/DC3 National Centers of Digital Forensics Academic Excellence program certificates.

Related Industry Certifications

This program provides full or partial foundation for the following industry recognized certificates and certifications: Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3) certificate and Magnet Certified Forensic Examiner (MCFE), Network+ (CompTIA) and the Security+ (CompTIA) industry certification exams.

Range of Occupations

Computer forensics technician
Digital forensics specialist
Digital forensics investigator
Forensic support specialist
Incident response analyst

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Online Degrees and Credit Certificates

This program can be completed fully online. Some online courses may require proctored exams or on-campus assessments at a testing center.

Certificate Graduation Requirements

To graduate with a certificate, students must have demonstrated eligibility for ENG 101 or ENG 101A . Refer to Academic Regulations on Graduation Requirements .

Certificate Requirements: 25 credits

CJS 111 - Introduction to Criminal Justice 3 credit hours
CTS 107 - Cyber Essentials 3 credit hours
CTS 110 - Network Essentials 4 credit hours
CTS 120 - Introduction to Linux 4 credit hours
CTS 170 - Digital Forensics 1 3 credit hours
CTS 207 - Digital Forensics 2 4 credit hours
CTS 209 - Digital Forensics 3 4 credit hours

Program Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

1. Plan and perform digital forensic investigations including preservation, handling, analysis, and documentation of evidence

2. Use industry standard tools to access digital evidence and conduct forensic analysis

3. Relate the functionality of operating systems and networks to digital evidence

4. Apply Constitutional and case law to digital forensics investigations

5. Effectively communicate technical information

This program aligns with all the college’s core competencies.

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