Stage 4 - Investigation Course

Learn the important role investigation plays in incident response.

23 minutes

Course description

In this course, you’ll learn the questions asked in normal investigations and how to properly answer them. You’ll explore the important data sources these answers are pulled from and the role this process plays in incident response overall.

Syllabus

The Role of Digital Forensics

Video - 00:06:00

A high-level discussion of how digital forensics plays into IR.
Investigation Data Sources

Video - 00:09:00

We take a look at the data sources needed to do most investigations and what the process is for obtaining that data.
What, Who, When, Where?

Video - 00:08:00

Introduction to the investigation procedures and to questions being answered through investigations.

Meet the author

Keatron Evans

Keatron is a highly experienced cybersecurity expert and VP of Portfolio and Product Strategy at Infosec with a wealth of expertise. Keatron is a respected author, instructor and speaker who holds numerous cybersecurity certifications and regularly contributes as a subject matter expert for major media outlets.

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Associated NICE Work Roles

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