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Examination Syllabus
Examination: Computer Information Forensics Investigator
Examination Code: ICT-IFI-1
The letters in bold are the domain ID.
A. Overview of Cybercrime
A1. What is Cybercrime
A2.
Ordinary Crime vs Cybercrime

A3.
Brief history of Cybercrime

A4.
Categorizing Cybercrime
B. Understanding Computer Forensics and Investigation
B1. What is Computer Forensics
B2.
Need for Computer Forensics

B3.
The Role of Computer Forensics Investigator
B4. Corporate versus Law Enforcement Concerns
B5.
Maintaining Professional Conduct
C. Preparing and Planning a Computer Investigation
C1. Process of Computer Investigation
C2.
Assessing the Case

C3.
Planning Your Investigation
C4. Securing Your Evidence
C5.
Analyzing Your Digital Evidence

C6.
Report Your Investigation

C7.
Evaluate Your Investigation
D. Managing Investigator's Office and Laboratory
D1. Overview of Computer Forensic Laboratory Requirement
D2.
Designing the layout of Computer Forensics Laboratory

D3.
Managing Laboratory Security
D4. Setting Up Your Forensic Workstation
E. Overview of Computer Forensic Tools
E1. Categoring Computer Forensic Tools
E2.
Evaluating Your Computer Forensics Need
E3. Exploring Common Forensic tools
E4.
Validating Computer Forensics Tools

E5.
Building Your Forensic Boot Disk
F. Securing Computer System
F1. Overview of Computer Security
F2.
Understanding Authentication Mechanism
F3. Understanding common security components
F4.
Understanding audit
F5. Methods of audit
G. Responding Computer Security Incidents
G1. Importance of Incident Response
G2.
Classifying Incidents

G3.
Reporting Incidents

G4.
Handling Incidents

G5.
Organizing Security Incident Response Team

G6.
Importance of First Responder

G7.
Procedure of First Responder
H. Processing Crime and Incident Scenes
H1. Processing Private-Sector Incident Scenes
H2.
Processing Law Enforcement Crime Scenes

H3.
Preparing Search and Seizure

H4.
Securing a Computer Incident or Crime Scene

H5.
Collecting Computer Evidence
I. Handling Computer Evidence
I1. Identifying Computer Evidence
I2.
Understanding Evidence Rules

I3.
Cataloging Computer Evidence

I4.
Storing Computer Evidence

I5.
Evidence Admissibility in a Court Law
J. Overview of Disk Structure and Filesystem
J1. Disk Drive Overview
J2.
Disk Partition Overview

J3.
Exploring FAT

J4.
Exploring NTFS
J5. Exploring Unix/Linux Filesystem
J6.
Exploring Filesystem of Macintosh

J7.
Exploring Disk Structure CD and DVD

J8.
Exploring the booting process of DOS, Windows, Unix/Linux and Macintosh
K. Acquiring Computer Evidence
K1. Determining Order of Evidence Collection
K2. Data Acquisition Format
K3.
Verifying Evidence File

K4.
Acquiring Data on common workstations

K5.
Acquiring Data on common servers

K6.
Acquiring Data on PDAs and Handheld Computers

K7.
Environmental Factor on Collecting Preserving
L. Extracting Evidence
L1. Understanding Computer Forensic Analysis
L2. Performing a Computer Forensic Analysis
L3.
Addressing Data Hiding Techniques

L4.
Carving Data

L5.
Understanding the Windows Recycle Bin
M. Recovering Graphical Image
M1. Recognizing Graphical Image File
M2.
Understanding Graphical Image File Formats

M3.
Recovering Graphical Image File

M4.
Steganography in Image File
N. Recovering Encrypted Data
N1. Overview of Cryptographic
N2. Symmetric v.s. Asymmetric Encryption
N3. Common Encryption Practices and Implementation
N4. Understanding Strengths and Weaknesses of Encryption
N5. Recovering Password
N6. Handling Encrypted Data
O. Analyzing Logfile
O1. Secure Audit Logging
O2. Setting Up Remote Logging
O3. Importance of Time Synchronization
O4. Log Analysis and Correlation
O5. Intrusion Detection Log
P. Investigating Network and Web Attack
P1. Overview of Networking Models and Standards
P2. Exploring common Network Components
P3. Exploring common Network Application and Protocol
P4. Exploring TCP/IP and Internet
P5. Identify Network Attack
P6. Monitoring Network Traffic
P7. Identify Web Application Attack
P8. Investigating DoS Attacks
P9. Investigating Router Attacks
P10.Tracing back IP Address
Q. Investigating E-mail
Q1. Exploring E-mail system
Q2. Identifying E-mail Crimes and Violations
Q3. Examinging E-mail Messages
Q4. Tracing an E-mail
R. Understanding Law
R1. Overview of Computer and Crime
R2. Overview of Jurisdiction and Legal Process
R3. Overview of Internet Privacy Law and Privacy Policies
S. Writing Investigation Reports
S1. Understanding the Importance of Reports
S2. Type of Reports
S3. Formal Report Format
S4. Writing the Report
T. Testifying in Court
T1. Preparing trail
T2. Preparing Documentation and Evidence for Testimony
T3. Understanding trial process
T4. Understanding prosecutional misconduct
T5. Presenting Your Testimony
T6. Preparing for deposition
T7. Dealing with media
T8. Forming expert opinion