Digital forensic examiners are investigators who are experts in gathering, recovering, analyzing, and presenting data evidence from computers and other digital media related to computer-based .They might work on cases concerning identity theft, electronic fraud,investigation of material found in digital devices ,electronic evidence, often in relation to cyber crimes.
Cyber 5W Certified Digital Forensic Analyst (CCDFA) Exam
The exam will be an investigation of a semi-world case using your forensic skills. The exam assumes you have the knowledge and skills that are covered in CDFA. Please note that this is not a Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) exam and requires you to do a full digital forensic investigation, document your findings, and submit a forensics report
Your report will be evaluated by a committee of DFIR professionals
After the report evaluation, you will be asked to meet with the committee to discuss your work and findings
70% is the passing grade to earn you the CCDFA certification
If unfortunately you do not pass, you can retake the exam again after one month from the time of your last exam attempt
To pass the CCDFA exam, you need to be able to:
Identify, Acquire, and Validate a Digital Evidence
Mount and Navigate Case Evidence
Analyze Files and Work with a Hexadecimal Editor
Performing Disk Analysis and Fix corrupted disks and volumes
Analyze NTFS and FAT32 file systems
Perform data and file carving
Perform Windows Forensic analysis on Recycle Bin, Thumbnails, LNK Files and Jump Lists
Locate and analyze System and User Program Execution Artifacts
Extract Windows Registry files and analyze them to find relevant evidence
Analyze Volume Shadow Copies & File History
Analyze Windows Events and Scheduled Tasks
Document Forensic investigation Findings and Writing a Forensic Report
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