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OpenText EnCase - Building an Investigation

( Duration: 4 Days )

The OpenText EnCase - Building an Investigation training course enhances the examiner's ability to work efficiently through the use of the unique features of EnCase. This course will build an investigation using analysis techniques, such as recovering volumes, registry analysis, and examining compound files. The course progresses through the analysis of Windows artifacts, shortcut link files, Recycle Bin, stored internet data, and email. This course will assist criminal, corporate, and cybersecurity analysts.

By attending OpenText EnCase - Building an Investigation workshop, delegates will learn to:

  • Recover encrypted information particularly that which was encrypted using Windows BitLocker
  • Locate and recover deleted partitions
  • Deal with compound file types
  • The Windows Registry
  • Determine time zone offsets and properly adjust case settings
  • Create and use conditions for effective searching
  • Use the EnCase Evidence Processor
  • Gain an overview of the FAT, ExFAT, and NT file system
  • Conduct keyword searches and advanced searches using GREP
  • The differences between single and logical evidence files and how to create and use of logical evidence files
  • Identify Windows operating system artifacts, such as link files, Recycle Bin, and user folders
  • Recover data from the Recycle Bin
  • Recover artifacts, such as swap files, file slack, and spooler files
  • Conduct a search for email and email attachments
  • Examine email and Internet artifacts
  • Identify and recover data relating to the use of removable USB devices

  • Attend a training on OpenText EnCase Digital Forensics - Essentials or equivalent practical experience
The OpenText EnCase - Building an Investigation class is ideal for:
  • Cybersecurity Professionals, Litigation Support & Forensic Investigators.

COURSE AGENDA

1

Day 1

  • Reviewing EnCase case creation and adding evidence
  • Examining data encrypted with BitLocker
  • Understanding the Master Boot Record partitioning scheme
  • Recovering data lost through the partitioning process
  • Understanding partition recovery
  • Understanding compound files
  • Mounting and searching compound files
  • Documenting data contained within these compound files
  • Examining compound files
  • Understanding single files and logical evidence files
  • Examining the Windows Registry
  • Examining the elements of the Registry
  • Understanding Registry keys (folders) and values
  • Understanding Registry value types
  • Locating and mounting the Registry hive files
  • Examining time zone settings with the Registry
  • Applying time zones within EnCase
  • Using conditions to filter data
  • Reviewing Evidence Processor
2

Day 2

  • ExFAT and NT Files Systems
  • Windows artifacts
  • User account information and associated data
  • System folders and files of interest
  • Thumbnail cache files
  • Windows 7 specific artifacts
  • Folder structure and the effect of junctions (folder mount-points)
  • User/administrator privileges and impact on storage of data
  • Links and Library folder content
  • System files
  • Cortana and EDB artifacts
  • Functionality of Cortana available since the release of Windows 10, supplementing Windows Search
  • Windows Search file for data
  • Cortana artifacts
  • Windows EDB file repair and recovering EDB data on the later Windows operating systems
  • Microsoft Exchange Database EDB file identification
  • GREP, proper syntax and potential results
3

Day 3

  • Reviewing shortcut or link files
  • Deconstructing link files to reveal internal structures related to their target files
  • Using link files to help determine drive letter assignment
  • Identifying removable USB devices
  • Reviewing the Windows Recycle Bin
  • Linking Recycle Bin data with the associated user
  • Registry entries controlling operation of the Recycle Bin
  • Examining the Recycle Bin, its properties and function
  • Exploring the implementation of Recycle Bin
  • Exploring email and internet history
  • Examining both client-based and web-based email and methods available within EnCase to locate and parse email data stores
  • Recovering and analyzing email attachments
  • Exploring internet artifacts
4

Day 4

  • Using the GREP within EnCase to construct advanced search terms
  • Recovering the print spooler
  • Understanding the printing process and associated files
  • Recovering SPL and SHD files as well as understanding and extracting graphical data and metadata
  • Conducting searches through unallocated space
  • Understanding advanced reporting techniques

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