Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI)
Course Description:
The Computer Hacking Forensic Investigation (CHFI) course is one of the most widely sought after security courses today. The process of detecting hacking attacks and properly extracting evidence to report the crime and conduct audits to prevent future attacks is a must in today’s corporate environment. Computer forensics applies computer investigation and analyzes techniques to determine potential legal evidence. This evidence might be sought in a wide range of computer crime or misuse, including but not limited to theft of trade secrets, theft of or destruction of intellectual property, and fraud. In this course you will learn how CHFI investigators draw on an array of methods for discovering data that cannot easily be detected in a computer system. These methods are used to recover deleted, encrypted, or damaged file information.
The Computer Hacking Forensic Investigation (CHFI) course is one of the most widely sought after security courses today. The process of detecting hacking attacks and properly extracting evidence to report the crime and conduct audits to prevent future attacks is a must in today’s corporate environment. Computer forensics applies computer investigation and analyzes techniques to determine potential legal evidence. This evidence might be sought in a wide range of computer crime or misuse, including but not limited to theft of trade secrets, theft of or destruction of intellectual property, and fraud. In this course you will learn how CHFI investigators draw on an array of methods for discovering data that cannot easily be detected in a computer system. These methods are used to recover deleted, encrypted, or damaged file information.
Electronic evidence is critical in situations of disloyal employees, computer break-ins, possession of pornography, breach of contract, industrial espionage, e-mail fraud, bankruptcy, disputed employee dismissals, web page defacements, theft of company documents, and many more.
This security class will teach you about computer forensics and enables the systematic and careful identification of evidence in computer related crime and abuse cases from tracing the tracks of a hacker through a client’s systems, to tracing the originator of defamatory emails, to recovering signs of fraud. The CHFI course will provide participants the necessary skills to identify an intruder’s footprints and to properly gather the necessary evidence to prosecute in the court of law.
Audience:
The CHFI security certified training course will benefit:
- Police and other Law Enforcement personnel
- Defense and Military personnel
- e-Business Security Professionals
- Systems Administrators
- Legal Professionals
- Banking, Insurance and other Professionals
- Government Agencies
- IT Managers
Learning Objectives
At the end of this course, the learner will gain competencies in:
- Law and Computer Forensics
- Understanding File Systems and Hard Disks
- The Computer Investigation Process
- First Responder Procedure
- CSIRT
- Computer Forensic Lab
- Understanding Digital Media Devices
- Windows, Linux and Macintosh Boot Processes
- Windows Forensics
- And much more….
Prerequisites:
- None, although a familiarity with IT will beneficial.
Ashford Global IT provides the following Success Guarantee:
In the event that a student does not successfully complete the certification exam:
In the event that a student does not successfully complete the certification exam:
- The student may re-attend an open enrollment class at no cost in preparation for the exam, but will need to bring the class material from the original class.
With Ashford Global IT’s Success Guarantee, combined with our competitive pricing, we feel sure we can meet and surpass your expectations for this class.





