Available Training
Teaching the Essentials of Digital Forensics
Introduction to Digital Evidence for Investigators
1 or 2 Day class
This two-day course is designed to provide the detective, CSI, and prosecutor with the basic tools needed to successfully investigate crimes that involve digital devices and data. The student will learn how to identify digital devices and what to do with them as part of their investigation.
Special emphasis is placed on the handling of digital evidence and how to find the most important artifacts that can help solve cases. The outside the box approach to using both low-tech and high-tech techniques will provide a different investigative perspective when thinking about how digital data affects investigations.
Next, the student will learn how to corroborate information developed during the investigation to be used as a means for building a digital timeline using all available types of digital data.
Finally, there will be a discussion about how devices are used and information is shared using social media. This discussion will also provide different techniques to use this data as part of interview process.
Sex Crimes in the Digital Age
This class is designed to provide the sexual assault investigator with the tools needed to successfully investigate sexual crimes that involve digital devices and data. The student will learn how to identify sources of digital data and what to do with them as part of their investigation.
Topic include:
- Finding Leads Using Digital Evidence and Artifacts
- Mobile Device Evidence
- Application Data
- Vehicle Forensics
- Social Media
- Digital Crumbs
- Google Reverse Location Searches
- Internet of Things
- Hidden Recording Devices
- Data Linking
- Digital Resources
- 6 hours
Technology Facilitated Domestic Violence Investigations
This class is designed to provide the detective, social worker, family advocacy provider, and prosecutor with the basic tools needed to successfully investigate domestic abuse cases that involve digital evidence. The student will learn how to identify digital artifacts and what to do with them as part of their investigation.
It will also focus on identifying signs of cyber stalking and techniques to help protect those who fear they are a victim of cyber stalking.
Topics include:
- This class focuses on locating digital evidence in Domestic Violence cases.
- Topics covered
- Technology-Facilitated abuse
- Internet of things
- Hidden recording devices
- Cyberstalking
- Social media
- Digital resources
- 4 hours
Digital Training for Attorneys
This 1-2 day class is designed to provide legal professionals with the basic kowledge needed to successfully navigate cases that involve digital evidence. The student will learn how to about digital forensic capabilities that encompass and have potential impact on their cases.
Topics include:
- Digital Evidence Overview
- Digital Forensic Capabilities
- Mobile Device Analysis
- Social Media Content
- Vehicle Forensics
- What to Ask for During Discovery
- How to Best Utilize a Digital Expert
- Cross-Examining a Digital Forensics Expert
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Digital Aspects of Child Abuse Investigations
This class is designed to provide the child abuse investigator with the tools needed to successfully investigate sexual crimes against children that involve digital devices and data. The student will learn how to identify sources of digital data and what to do with them as part of their investigation.
Topic include:
- Laws Pertaining to Child Exploitation
- Law Enforcement/Forensic Examiners
- Lascivious Exhibition
- History of Child Pornography
- Child Pornography
- Child Models
- Child Erotica
- Art or Pornography
- Child Abuse
- Child Trafficking
- Missing/Abducted Children
- Child Predators
- Internet
- Examples of Child Predatory Behavior
- Examples of Child Predator Support
- Artificial Intelligence
- Cases
- 6 hours