Course description
What you will learn
On successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Understand what digital evidence is, and, why it may be present at a crime scene.
- Identify potential digital ‘investigative opportunities’ that may be present at a crime scene and how these may support or relate to an inquiry.
- Understand when a line of inquiry may be ‘reasonable’ if it involves a digital device.
- Develop a digital evidence strategy for a given scene which considers the handling, collection and potential analysis of digital devices and their data.
- Balance digital and traditional evidence types, minimising the risk of contamination of either.
- Make key decisions regarding the investigative value of a device and the need to seize it, considering necessity, proportionality and legality.
- Understand the application of triage, both on a device and decision-based triage approaches.
- Evaluate the application of an understanding of the breadth of sources of digital evidence and intelligence at the crime scene, and critically assess the value of resulting data.
- Identify suitable approaches for processing scenes containing digital devices.
- Identify suitable approaches for dealing with a range of devices in a range of ‘states’, including computers, mobile phones and routers.
- Critically appraise the nature and form of data derived from scene-based sources of digital evidence.
Upcoming start dates
1 start date available
Suitability - Who should attend?
- Those operating in a professional investigative role where digital devices are encountered as part of their inquiries.
- Law enforcement, first responders, and crime scene attenders / investigators.
- Students studying forensic investigation disciplines.
Training Course Content
Core content
Core content includes:
- An introduction to what digital evidence is, where does it come from and how do we examine it.
- The nature of digital evidence sources in the crime scene.
- Adaptation of a forensic strategy to integrate digital scene evidence.
- Consideration of data stored/residing on a range of technologies, both local and cloud-based.
- Consideration of data stored/residing on ‘non-standard’ devices.
- Triage and analysis techniques/approaches.
- Key decision making and strategic approaches to a scene.
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