Digital Forensics · Free course
Digital and Cyber Forensics: The Basics
A beginner's guide to digital evidence: what it is, why it is volatile and fragile, how devices are seized and isolated, how write blockers, forensic images and hash values protect integrity, what analysis can and cannot show, mobile and cloud evidence, and the Indian law on electronic records (BSA section 63, IT Act section 79A), with chain of custody and common mistakes.
About 45 min · 8 questions
What you’ll cover
- What digital evidence is and what digital forensics does
- Volatility, order of collection and seizing devices
- Write blockers, forensic imaging and hash values
- Analysis: deleted files, timelines, metadata and logs
- Mobile, cloud and social media evidence
- In court and in India: law, chain of custody, reporting and mistakes
- Careers, key takeaways and further study
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