Hi,
My name is Henrik and I live in Norway.
I have no formal education in computer forensic but have developed a great interest for the subject and have started to self educated my self with all the great material out there on the Internet. I have also taken a course in computer forensic (basics) with The Norwegian police University College.
I work for the Norwegian police (not a computer forensic), so I have some access to a computer forensic lab. I have been promised to get a show around in the lab and how they work.
I strongly consider a career in computer forensic and have decided to attend some basic computer education to begin with in the fall semester.
My problem is that there are very few courses or education that you can attend in Scandinavia. So am looking for an education/courses that I can take online. And I also wonder if there are any members here from Scandinavia besides me?
What I have seen so fare is that the computer forensic industry is growing fast in countries like US and England but not here in Norway.
Anyone have any suggestion on any online education/courses that I can take or any other advice that can be nice to have when starting out in the industry of computer forensic.
Have I nice day everybody.
Hi Henrik, Welcome to FF )
There are some options available for online training however it depends on your budget. Guidance software have launched online training for EnCase http//
Otherwise there are other online resources that allow you to practice your skills. Take a look at this very recent post on the SANS forensic blog for some details about training and practice resources
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You may also be able to learn something from the training videos on the AccessData website. These are supposed to prepare you for their ACE certification exam which you can take for free (I believe)
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Anyway I hope some of that helps, otherwise books are always a good resource, Authors like Harlan Carvey, Brian Carrier and Eoghan Casey are the ones to look out for. Also the book "Forensic Computing A Practitioner's Guide" by Sammes and Jenkinson (available on Amazon) is the basis for Cranfield University's very well respected Forensic Computing Foundation Course here in the UK so is well worth a look.
My problem is that there are very few courses or education that you can attend in Scandinavia. So am looking for an education/courses that I can take online.
Velkommen!
Scandinavia … if there are any courses, they're probably in academia or LE (law enforcement) internal courses – can't remember any myself. I think IBAS used to have some, but I don't know what happened when they were bought by Kroll Ontrack. SANS have training events in Europe – often in London, and several of their courses also available for self study (look at www . sans . org). You might also take a look at the ISFCE on-line training. Can't say where any of these are in comparison with the course you mentioned, though.
There are several options out there. I'm not sure how deeply you have delved into the world of forensics but many SANS courses are geared towards individuals with some sort of knowledge about the field. I know you have done your own research which is a great start I'm just not sure how good a SANS course would be.
Many colleges and universities offer online classes that can lead you to a degree or certificate and that education will bring you from point 1 forward.
Really it is the path you want to take and what your budget allows for. personally I would look into SANS, it appears to be a good choice for professionals already working, such as yourself, who want some sort of knowledge or certification to go with their passion.
At the very least good luck to you and welcome to the forum,
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Thanks for all the good advices. I liked the training videos on the AccessData website and the free opportunity to take the AccessData Certified Examiner.
I also downloaded the preview of the online training for EnCase and it looks really good, but as kiashi said quite pricey.
In the forensic lab at my work they use both FTK and Encase so would you recommend that I try to learn both briefly or one more deeply?
I have also tested ProDiscover Basic http//
Could you use that instead of the other two?
I also have a question when it comes to setting up a forensic lab, could you do that on a laptop or do you need a desktop?
Hello again,
As there isn't really a Demo version of EnCase available you may want to get a copy of the following book - The Official EnCE EnCase Certified Examiner Study Guide (search on Amazon). This book is not produced by Guidance Software but is recognised by them as good preperation for the EnCE certification.
I don't think anyone would expect you to be an expert in any particular piece of software when you are just starting out in Forensics, the key is to understand the concepts, OSs, File Systems, forensic procedures etc.
As for your question about a laptop vs. a desktop, I would say that you can perform forensic work on a laptop and they are invaluable in the field, but in the office you really need the performance of a proper workstation with multiple cores, RAIDed hard drives and loads of RAM. Keyword searching and password cracking on a laptop is going to take a long long time…… wink
The EnCase Demo can be downloaded using the following URL
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Hello again,
As there isn't really a Demo version of EnCase available you may want to get a copy of the following book - The Official EnCE EnCase Certified Examiner Study Guide (search on Amazon). This book is not produced by Guidance Software but is recognised by them as good preperation for the EnCE certification.
Just to re-iterate this - the book should come with a very handy DVD. This DVD contains a demo version of EnCase, as well as a number of interesting cases which are used in the book exercises. It's a very good way of learning how to use EnCase without actually purchasing the software IMO.