
Meet expert Robert B Freed and explore electronically stored information and data collection across modules covering storage media, access, devices, databases, cloud services, social media, and remote collections.
Explore electronically stored information in e-discovery, defining ESI, identifying sources, preserving integrity, and collecting data via forensic image or targeted collection with chain of custody and metadata.
Identify computer storage media, including HDD and SSD, locate potentially relevant data on desktops and laptops, and compare forensic imaging options, physical versus logical, dead versus live, for data collection.
Explore email as a forensic data source, tracing its history and core protocols (smtp, pop3, imap), servers, mailboxes, and clients. Then learn data collection methods, archiving, and export options.
Explore network file shares, including file servers, NAS and SAN devices, and how data is stored and mapped via UNC paths. Review forensic image methods, backups, and integrity verification.
Explore how mobile devices—smartphones, tablets, wearables—store and collect data through apps, messages, multimedia, location, and cloud, and learn forensic acquisition methods (physical, logical, file system, manual) and policies (BYOD, MDM).
Learn how databases organize data into tables and records, with primary keys and maps, support reporting, backups, access controls, and metadata during data collection.
Explore the benefits and account types of cloud storage, and learn forensic data collection practices to preserve cloud data integrity, accessibility across devices, and associated metadata.
Learn how social media data supports investigations by forensically preserving accounts, extracting chats, posts, and metadata to create defensible, efficient onsite or remote data collections.
Discover remote data collections and the factors guiding on-site versus remote options in data forensics. Preserve forensic integrity with defensible methods and remote workflow for e-discovery and chain-of-custody considerations.
Modern day investigations frequently require the identification, preservation, and collection of electronic evidence from a variety of data sources. The field of digital forensics is constantly evolving, and it is vital for all parties involved to work together to understand where relevant data is stored, and how it can be accessed and collected, in a forensically sound manner that is defensible and efficient. In the course Data Forensics Class: Data Collections, you will learn what you need to know and the questions you need to ask when encountering electronic evidence in a litigation matter or an investigation. The course is comprised of ten (10) modules, including: Electronically Stored Information (ESI), Computers, Email, Network File Shares, Mobile Devices, Databases, Cloud Storage Services, Social Media Sites, Remote Data Collections, and Data Collection Considerations. Each module concludes with a quiz, to test your knowledge. Whether you are a forensic practitioner, an investigator, attorney, legal professional, in academia, or a forensics enthusiast, you are sure to find this course invaluable. The course author and instructor, Robert B. Fried, is a seasoned forensic expert and industry thought leader with over twenty (20) years of experience advising law firms and multinational organizations on matters related to the identification, preservation, and collection of electronic evidence.