System Hive File Course

This course will demonstrate evidence of forensic value contained within the system hive file.

1 hour, 13 minutes

Course description

This course explores the system hive file showing how to determine the current control set, computer name, last shutdown date and time, crash dump settings and location, services set to run at startup, page file settings, prefetch settings, last access file time settings, AppCompat Cache, BAM (background activities monitor) and USB device connections and disconnections with dates and times.

Syllabus

AppCompat Cache and Background Activities Monitor

Video - 00:13:00
This video explains AppCompat Cache (tracks file path, last modified, size) and Background Activity Moderator (BAM) applications running in the background an indicator of a user-specific program execution.
USB Device Forensics

Video - 00:24:00
In this video, you'll dig into the details of tracking USB device connections throughout a Windows system.
System File Subkeys of Interest

Video - 00:36:00
Explore configuration and settings information about the system and devices that have been attached to the system. Includes information about programs and services that are started by the system.

Meet the author

Denise Duffy

In addition to being an Infosec instructor, Denise Duffy teaches computer forensics worldwide to European law enforcement through the European Anti-Fraud Office. During her 25-year career at the Middletown Police Department, Denise underwent extensive training in specialized computer and mobile device forensics, including widespread access data courses, multiple IACIS trainings, U.S. Secret Service Training at the National Computer Forensics Institute, BlackBag Technologies Training, many National White Collar Crime (NW3C) courses, an X-Ways online course and considerable Internet Crimes Against Children Training (ICAC) courses.

Denise currently holds the following certifications: CFCE (Certified Forensic Computer Examiner), CCFE (Certified Computer Forensics Examiner), CMFE (Certified Mobile Forensics Examiner) and CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker). She is most proud of her two sons who joined the U.S. Military, as Denise is a Desert Shield/Desert Storm veteran herself.

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