Cyber Security: Digital Forensics

About this course

• Watch our course introduction video before you enroll! (copy and paste into browser) https://vimeo.com/1176032770 Digital Forensics: Investigate. Recover. Protect. This course equips law enforcement professionals, IT analysts, cyber security specialists, and aspiring digital investigators with practical skills to extract and analyze critical evidence from digital systems. You will gain proficiency in the full forensic lifecycle, from identifying and preserving digital evidence to analyzing systems and preparing court-admissible findings. Developed by the Cyber Skills Academy at Macquarie University, a recognized cyber security school, this course is co-designed with industry experts. You will learn to: • Conduct digital investigations using defensible methods. • Recover files from Windows, Linux, and MacOS file systems. • Use forensic software tools for data acquisition and validation. • Capture and analyze volatile data from RAM and network traffic. • Extract evidence from mobile and IoT devices. • Navigate legal, ethical, and procedural standards in investigations. To succeed, learners should have basic computer literacy and familiarity with operating systems. This program prepares you to uncover digital truth and protect what matters.