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Email Computer Forensics fundamentals
Rating: 3.9 out of 5(20 ratings)
107 students

Email Computer Forensics fundamentals

Finding and understanding evidence in email
Created byJohn Boyle
Last updated 10/2023
English

What you'll learn

  • Forensic explanation of client and webmail
  • Techniques for forensically extracting/analyzing different types of email
  • Understanding the concepts of email identification headers and working with attachments
  • Working with deleted mail, looking at calendar/task events and identifying phishing attempts
  • Understanding email servers and other network devices in regard to email forensics.

Course content

7 sections • 22 lectures • 1h 26m total length

  • Introduction5:21

    Introduction to Email Forensics, an overview of the course objective and how the course will flow.

  • Email forensics and types of email6:31

    A detailed explanation of what email is.  What are the different parts of email.  What is the role of the forensics examiner in email forensics.  What type of crimes are commonly committed with email. 

  • Forensics tools for email3:33

    Common tools used in email forensics.  Looks at open source vs commercial tools and the advantages and disadvantages of each. 

Requirements

  • Desire to learn more about computer forensics in regard to email communications.

Description

One of the most important aspects of a computer forensics investigation is email.  Who was the suspect talking to, what were they trying to do or what were they trying to hide?  Knowing the different types of email system and how to extract them and analyze them can be pivotal to any case. 

Email is different than standard computer files, it is a means of communication between two parties to convey information for a purpose.  Understanding those communications, where they originated from, who they are really from and what they say is a delicate task.  Knowing the fundamental concepts and being about to use the tools to analyze email is crucial to any computer forensics professional.   


This course of Email Computer Forensics Fundamentals will provide insight into: 

  • What are the different types of email.

  • Techniques for extracting/analyzing these different types of emails.

  • Understanding the email itself in regard to identification, reading the headers and viewing attachments

  • Where to find deleted mail.

  • Looking at calendar/task events.

  • What are the different types of of phishing attempts and how to recognition them.

  • What is Data Loss Prevention(DLP) software and how can they prevent email attacks.


    The course will consist of presentations to explain the concepts of email computer forensics as well as demonstrations of proper collection and preservation of digital evidence. 

       It is designed for anyone with an interest email computer forensics to get a taste of the real world of examining smart phones and tablets. 

       As an introductory course it will consist of presentations, hands on lessons and quizs. 

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone with an interest in the forensics of emailcommunications.
  • Computer forensics professionals with and interest in learning more about email communications.
  • Computer forensics students with and interest in email communications.

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