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Intermediate Computer Forensics (Udemy.com)

Learning Intermediate computer forensic skills and techniques

4.5
1,597 reviews

Created by: John Boyle

Last updated July 2020

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What you will learn

  • Know different types of investigations and investigative software
  • Know how to Search a computer image for relevant files both active and deleted
  • Know how to search a web browser history, recycle bin and Thumbs DB file for evidence
  • Know the basics of creating a Computer forensics report

How it compares

Against the other 1,182 rated Udemy courses in IT & Software on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 45% of them
  • Reviews1,597#284 of 1,183 by number of reviews
  • Length1.4 hoursshorter than 91% of them
  • Last updatedJuly 2020earlier than 84% of them

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Course Description

This course is designed for people with a working knowledge of computer forensics but looking to go deeper into specific skill and techniques of the the field.  This is the second course following my pervious course Computer Forensics Fundamentals.  While that course is recommended it is not required to take this course as they are independent in regard to topics taught.  

  • Intermediate Computer Forensics will provide: 
  • Understanding of Public vs Private investigations 
  • Understanding of different types of computer forensics software 
  • Disk Image Analysis through searching and keyword lists
  • File carving and the Thumb DB file
  • Website and Browser history forensics
  • Recycle bin and deleted files forensics
  • Creating forensics reports of an investigation

The course will consist of presentations to explain the concepts of computer forensics as well as demonstrations of proper software and collections of digital evidence. 

This course is designed for anyone with an interest computer forensics to get a deeper taste of the real world of digital forensics examination. 

As an intermediate course it will consist of presentations, hands on lessons and quizs.
Read More Intermediate Intermediate Level product length iconTime: 1.4h

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Instructor Details

John Boyle

                Having advanced degrees in Information Technology and decades of experience in the field working with hardware, software, networking and databases. I have a passion for computer forensics because it involved detective skills as well as IT proficiency and the combination is a growing field that keeps getting bigger.  My profession certifications in the computer forensics field include AccessData Certified Examiner (ACE), EnCase Certified Examiner (ENCE) and Cyber Incident Responder Certificate from the DOD  Defense Cyber Crime Center.  I bring a diverse  experience of IT related topics that i have encountered in my career and paths of study. 

I have worked and taught professionally for years Database application programming and administration.  I have done database development work in the an Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server environments, as well as taught Oracle database administration at the college level. 

          In addition to my work in the IT field I also have a diverse background in business, leadership and communications.  With interesting in subject matter such as body language and group dynamics, I am able to competently talk about this subject matter with ease.  I hope to be adding course on these types of subjects as part of my future endeavors as a Udemy instructor.

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By Clair Moore on 12/10/2025

Really enjoyed the course and have enjoyed using the software to practice learning more about how it all works and what is expected. If there is such a thing as a Advanced course that would be great. In the meantime I will look at the mobile computer forensics.

By David Wilson on 7/4/2023

Audio was a hit or miss, some lessons were quiet and some were loud. Besides that, it was strange at one point you started talking about File Carving then switched to Thumbs.DB then back to File Carving then back again to Thumbs.DB Wish there was more questions along with showing a hypothetical investigation while using Autopsy in the LoTR theme as the drive suggests. Like, looking for the "ring" and any pictures using Thumbs.DB and what the user Aragorn was searching on his "PC" during a particular time frame.

By Claire Henderson on 10/7/2022

I thought this course was a great practical application of forensics within the intermediate still set. There were enough quizzes to confirm my knowledge on this important topic.

By Saurabh Suhasaria on 10/26/2020

Handson. Some of the links need to be updated. Like http://csicyber.dfilink.net/ is dead

By Aditya Pednekar on 10/14/2020

Well prepared! Easy to understand basic concepts of computer forensics. Kinda increases our interest in the subject. Really great stuff.

By Alton Glen Jacobs on 10/7/2020

In Section 3, the quiz comes before the lecture, it should be the other way around. In some sections the sound is soft. The presenter sounds a bit sick... would be better if he could record the lecture when he is better.

By richard nelson on 9/19/2020

I found this course a great follow-up to the intro to computer forensics. I would like to see an advanced version of this course and/or more hands-on labs equivalent in the future.

By Magnus Bergdahl on 9/17/2020

It was good, but there was issues with the sound, sometimes too low or very high and at some lectures it was cut off in the end. There was also some spelling typos.

By Bryan Hutchins on 9/9/2020

Good course. Lot of useful content. Would be nice if the course was updated. A lot of the slides reference older versions of software as well as refer to Windows Vista and older.

By Karen Drummond on 8/19/2020

Multiple grammar, spelling and punctuation errors in the slides (this is quite unprofessional), it seems that nobody went through the course prior to it being put online. The first quiz came before the relevant section - not good, especially seeing as we had to guess between answer 1 and 2. More quizzes would be useful. Only the slides had resources, I wanted to copy and paste some of the references and I couldn't.

By Bernard Arinaitwe on 7/7/2020

it was a good course, though you didn't talk about hard-drives that have deleted partitions

By John Randall on 6/24/2020

Love the course. Please add more quizzes and expand on file carving. Maybe a few exercises in file carving?

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  • Updated: icon July 2020
  • Level: Intermediate Intermediate
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