
Identify, collect, and analyze digital evidence with legal integrity and forensic accuracy, then present findings professionally in investigation; gain hands-on labs and platform-specific forensics across Windows, Linux, Mac, and mobile.
Explore prerequisites and standards guiding digital forensics, from establishing legal and technical foundations and securing a forensic workstation to scene management, chain of custody, and ISO/NIST/SWGDE guidance on admissible evidence.
Understand the investigative process in digital forensics as part of the CDFE certified digital forensics examiner program, focusing on the systematic examination of digital evidence.
Explore how the defend framework guides forensic examination and evidence protocols in digital forensics, applying the scientific method to identify, recover, reconstruct, and analyze evidence for court admissibility.
Gain hands-on experience with digital acquisition and analysis tools essential for a certified digital forensics examiner, highlighting best practices in data collection and forensic analysis.
Discover how disks and storages are examined in digital forensics, focusing on media types and evidence handling.
Identify best evidence concepts, authenticity and hearsay, and detect alterations in digital records, then present admissible digital evidence in court using layman analogies while preserving chain of custody.
This course is provided directly by Mile2®. This official Mile2® video includes an authorized exam prep and exam simulator, available upon request.
The Certified Digital Forensics Examiner vendor-neutral certification is designed to train Cyber Crime and Fraud Investigators whereby students are taught electronic discovery and advanced investigation techniques. This course is essential to anyone encountering digital evidence while conducting an investigation. Mile2’s Certified Digital Forensics Examiner training teaches the methodology for conducting a computer forensic examination. Students will learn to use forensically sound investigative techniques in order to evaluate the scene, collect and document all relevant information, interview appropriate personnel, maintain chain-of-custody, and write a findings report. The Certified Digital Forensics Examiner course will benefit organizations, individuals, government offices, and law enforcement agencies interested in pursuing litigation, proof of guilt, or corrective action based on digital evidence.
The Certified Digital Forensics Examiner exam is taken online through Mile2’s Assessment and Certification System (“MACS”), which is accessible on your mile2® account. The exam will take 2 hours and consist of 100 multiple-choice questions. The cost is $400 USD and must be purchased from mile2®.