EC-Council: Certified Hacking Forensics Investigator

Core Roles:

• Digital Forensics Analyst
• Computer Forensic Analyst/Practitioner/Examiner/Specialist/Technician/Criminal Investigator/Lab Project Manager
• Cybercrime Investigator
• Computer Crime Investigator
• Cyber Defense Forensics Analyst
• Law Enforcement/Counterintelligence Forensics Analyst
• Data Forensic Investigator
• Digital Crime Specialist
• Computer Security Forensic Investigator
• Network/Technology Forensic Analyst/Specialist
• Digital Forensics and Incident Response Engineer
• Forensic Imaging Specialist
• Forensics and eDiscovery Analyst
• Computer Forensics and Intrusion Analyst
• Intrusions Forensics Lead

Specialized Roles:

• Security Engineer – Forensics
• Malware Analyst
• Mobile Forensic Analyst/Expert
• Mobile Exploitation Analyst
• Information Systems Security Professional/Analyst
• Information Technology Auditor
• Cryptanalyst
• Cryptographer
• Disaster Recovery Expert
• Intelligence Technology Analyst
• Cybersecurity Incident Response and Attack Analyst
• Cloud Security Analyst
• Forensics SME
• Forensic Accountant
• IT Security Forensic Analyst
• Cybersecurity/Defense Forensics Analyst

• Computer Forensics Foundations: Master the fundamentals of computer forensics, including cybercrime types, investigation procedures, and relevant regulations and standards.
• Malware Analysis: Gain expertise in malware analysis techniques, static and dynamic analysis, system and network behavior analysis, and ransomware investigation.
• Web Application Forensics: Understand web application threats, analyze web server logs (IIS, Apache), and investigate various web application attacks.
• Tor Browser Forensics: Learn the intricacies of Tor browser forensics, including its working methodology and the steps involved in its investigation.
• Cloud Forensics: Acquire in-depth knowledge of cloud computing concepts, cloud forensics challenges, and the investigation processes for major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Data Acquisition and E-Discovery: Master data acquisition techniques, eDiscovery processes, and the preparation of image files for forensic analysis.
• Anti-Forensics Countermeasures: Learn to detect and counteract various anti-forensics techniques used by attackers.
• Volatile and Non-Volatile Data Acquisition: Acquire volatile and non-volatile data in Windows, Linux, and Mac operating systems.
• Windows Forensics: Analyze Windows memory, registry, files (ShellBags, LNK, Jump Lists), event logs, and web browser data.
• Linux and Mac Forensics: Acquire volatile and non-volatile data and perform memory forensics in Linux and Mac operating systems.
• Network Forensics: Understand network forensics fundamentals, event correlation, Indicators of Compromise (IOCs), network traffic investigation techniques, incident detection and examination, and wireless attack detection.
• Mobile Device Forensics: Learn about the architecture, boot processes, and data acquisition methods for Android and iOS devices, including SIM file system analysis.
• IoT Forensics: Understand IoT threats, security problems, vulnerabilities, attack surfaces, and the challenges and processes involved in IoT forensics.

• Computer Forensics in Today’s World
• Computer Forensics Investigation Process
• Understanding Hard Disks and File Systems
• Data Acquisition and Duplication
• Defeating Anti-Forensics Techniques   
• Windows Forensics
• Linux and Mac Forensics
• Network Forensics 
• Malware Forensics
• Investigating Web Attacks
• Dark Web Forensics
• Cloud Forensics
• Email and Social Media Forensics
• Mobile Forensics
• IoT Forensics

IT and forensics professionals with foundational knowledge in cybersecurity, computer forensics, incident response, and threat analysis.