CI107 Deepfakes: An Introduction to Synthetic Media

Provider: National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C)

Target Audience: Investigators, Officers

Topic Area: Cyber Investigations, High Tech Crimes, Investigations, Training

Event Type: Training

Delivery Method: Online

DISM-WB

This course introduces learners to the colloquially used term deepfakes and the technology that makes this type of synthetic media possible. Deepfakes and artificial intelligence (AI) are increasingly used by cybercriminals to avoid biometric security, steal identities, and facilitate financial crime. This course covers how artificial intelligence is used to create deepfakes, common uses of synthetic media, and how to recognize deepfakes.

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CI106 Ransomware: An Introduction

Provider: National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C)

Target Audience: Investigators, Officers, Prosecutors

Topic Area: Cyber Forensics, Cyber Investigations, Cyber Security, High Tech Crimes, Investigations, IT Security

Event Type: Training

Delivery Method: Online

ITR-WB

According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), ransomware attacks lead to several billion dollars lost each year. Law enforcement officers should know how to respond to and protect their agencies and communities from these attacks. This interactive module teaches participants how to recognize and respond to a ransomware attack and discusses how ransomware can affect devices and networks and how to prevent ransomware attacks.

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CI105 Preservation Letters: Their Vital Role in Investigations

Provider: National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C)

Target Audience: Investigators, Officers, Prosecutors

Topic Area: Cyber Forensics, Cyber Investigations, High Tech Crimes, Investigations

Event Type: Training

Delivery Method: Online

PL-WB

With the rise of electronic evidence and the likelihood that the crimes you’re investigating are conducted with or supported by the use of mobile devices, the Internet, or cloud-based applications, preservation letters provide a means to prevent the destruction of electronic records and buy an investigator time to retrieve and analyze potential evidence.

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CI103 Introduction to Cell Phone Investigations

Provider: National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C)

Target Audience: Investigators, Officers

Topic Area: Cyber Investigations, High Tech Crimes, Investigations, Mobile Forensics

Event Type: Training

Delivery Method: Online

This course provides an overview of the two phases of a cell phone investigation: the preservation, extraction, and analysis of data within the phone; and the acquisition and analysis of data external to the phone (call detail records and other information). Students become familiar with several forensic tools currently in use in the field, as well as NW3C’s PerpHound™, a specialized tool that assists in plotting historical cell site locations. Other topics include cell phone components,

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CI101 Understanding Digital Footprints

Provider: National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C)

Target Audience: Investigators, Officers

Topic Area: Cyber Forensics, Cyber Investigations, High Tech Crimes, Investigations

Event Type: Training

Delivery Method: Online

UDF2-WB

This course introduces learners to the concept of digital footprints and best practices in protecting personally identifiable information (PII). Topics include limiting an individual’s digital footprint, protecting privacy on social media, opting out of data aggregator sites, and the consequences of oversharing personal information; as well as steps to take after becoming a target of doxing.

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Digital Evidence for Judges (DEJ)

Provider: National Computer Forensics Institute (NCFI)

Target Audience: Prosecutors

Topic Area: Cyber Forensics, Cyber Investigations

There is a digital component to nearly every crime.  Today’s judge should have an understanding an insight of technology used in criminal cases involving digital evidence from computers, mobile devices, the cloud and other sources.  DEJ is a 5-day course that provides every attendee with the requisite knowledge using a combination of lecture and practical exercises.  One hour of ethics instruction will be included.

During this course, you will learn:
 

  • Introduction to Cyber Crime and Computer Forensics
  • Computer Hardware
  • Operating Systems and their Respective Forensic Artifacts
  • Data Concepts
  • Search and Seizure of Digital Evidence
  • The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) and Authorizing the Collection of Digital Evidence from Third Party Providers
  • The Forensic Process
  • Electronic Evidence
  • Introduction to Networks and the Internet
  • Social Media
  • Evaluating Expert Testimony
  • Fifth Amendment: Encryption and Passwords

 

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Advanced Digital Evidence for Prosecutors (ADEP)

Provider: National Computer Forensics Institute (NCFI)

Target Audience: Prosecutors

Topic Area: Cyber Forensics, Cyber Investigations

Event Type: Training

Delivery Method: Classroom

Understanding the forensic process is critical for a prosecutor navigating a criminal case with digital evidence.  Prosecutors will dive deep into computers and mobile devices to find hidden artifacts, and learn to analyze multiple data sources together.  ADEP is a 5-day course that provides every attendee with the requisite skills using a combination of lecture and practical exercises.  One hour of ethics instruction will be included.

During this course, you will learn:
 

  • The Forensic Process for Computers and Mobile Devices
  • Sources of Digital Evidence
  • OSX/Windows and their Respective Forensic Artifacts
  • Data Carving
  • Digital Data Analytics
  • Search and Seizure of Digital Evidence
  • Writing Search Warrants
  • Cloud Storage
  • Encryption
  • Networks: Email,

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Mobile Device Examiner (MDE)

Provider: National Computer Forensics Institute (NCFI)

Target Audience: Officers

Topic Area: Cyber Forensics, Cyber Investigations, Mobile Forensics

Event Type: Training

Delivery Method: Classroom

MDE is a 20 day course designed to provide hands-on experience with mobile devices. Investigators will gain experience with a wide array of mobile devices such as cell phones, GPS units, and tablets, forensics analysis tools, legal issues, and report generation for law enforcement. The course combines instructor-led discussions and practical exercises to teach methodologies and techniques used during investigations involving digital evidence of mobile devices with traditional investigative techniques.

After completing this course,

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Wi-Fi Tools for Analysis and GEO-Locating (WTAG)

Provider: Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC)

Target Audience: Officers

Topic Area: Cyber Forensics, Cyber Investigations

Event Type: Training

Delivery Method: Classroom

The Wi-Fi Tools for Analysis and GEO-Locating (WTAG) training program is designed to review the capability of hidden devices in structures, peer-to-peer hidden communication through use of common devices such as PSP, Nintendo DS, iPhones and geo-location of those Wi-Fi devices. The program will also review real-world circumstance of Wi-Fi being involved in Child Pornography, Terrorism, and Child Exploitation.

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Seized Computer Evidence Recovery Specialist (SCERS)

Provider: Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC)

Target Audience: Officers

Topic Area: Cyber Forensics, Cyber Investigations

Event Type: Training

Delivery Method: Classroom

The Seized Computer Evidence Recovery Specialist (SCERS) training program teaches fundamental forensic techniques for the analysis of electronic data from Windows desktop computer systems and selected peripherals. While the program is an advanced training for FLETC, it is designed as a comprehensive digital forensics introductory program of instruction for novice examiners or those who wish to update their skill/tool set.

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