Digital Evidence Acquisition Specialist Training (DEASTP)

The Digital Evidence Acquisition Specialist Training (DEASTP) is designed to equip criminal investigators with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to properly identify, seize and acquire digital evidence. Through a combination of lecture, demonstration, hands on exercises, labs and a practical exercise investigators learn how to seize digital evidence from personal computer (PC) and notebook computer hard drives, floppy diskettes, compact disks (CDs), DVDs, thumb drives, and various flash media by acquiring forensically valid images of the digital media. Investigators also learn how to preview digital media prior to acquisition to determine if the media contains key text strings, unlawful graphics, etc.