Digital Forensics Certification

The value of any certification, on the other hand, is largely a result of its acceptance within the applicable field of practice. As far as that goes for the DFCB's certs, just as I've said before, only time will tell.

I agree with the above. I think that if the founders feel that only an exclusive few are able to meet the requirements that they will likely change them so that good investigators are not left out due to formal education factors. I just posted this becuase I do like to hear from the community regarding this issue.

With the whole PI issue and overall acceptability of investigators as experts being a toss up currently I do like to see strides being made in efforts to streamline this sort of thing.

It is especially hard for those not in LE.

Greetings,

I didn't quite understand your last sentence. Could you clarify what "it" refers to?

If you were referring to the PI issues, I believe there is little or no linkage between the PI issue and being in LE.

-David

As far as I can see, this new certification will bring nothing new for the CF-community (and it is ONLY for US-residents !?).
Generally, it would be a good idea to have at least two international de-facto standard certifications for CF-professionals in LE and the private sector. If we look at the CISSP - it's now the standard for IT-security guys working in the middle to upper management level all over the world.

Also, for me as a practitioner with some years of experience and lots of self-studies - I will be compared to some young-blood dropping out of the university, a master or bachelor in computer-science and wanna-be CF because he attended two or three lectures in CF at the university???
Especially in CF, experience and knowledge (practical and theoretical) is both important - but it seems, this new cert. will favor this guys.

Cheers from Germany
Marc

As far as I can see, this new certification will bring nothing new for the CF-community (and it is ONLY for US-residents !?)/quote]

I cannot see them keeping this a US resident thing Only for long. I would assume that the only reason they have limited this to the US is logistics. They Require a Background check by a third party company and getting that setup Internationally maybe a slow down.

I know being a member of IACIS (INTERNATIONAL assocaition of computer investigative specialists) that some of the most productive and knowledgeable members are from outside the US. Plus the folks from other countries seem to be having the most fun at the Conference! Those New Zealanders can drink!! lol

Secondly the emphasis is PUT on the experience (at least the ability to put it on paper and have it verified) of the examiner. I mean look at a previous posting who complained that it was too hard to get this.

Have you looked at the actual spreadsheet to qualify as a founding member? On what basis do you make that claim?

I have looked at it..and Filled it out..and submitted it… So yes… and my 9 years in the field is getting me through… They neutered the Educational credits down..and don't count other Certifications heavily.. And I don't have a published Book… so I had to rely on my work experience…

As for further insight into the organization and why it was founded.. go here http//www.ncfs.org/dfcb/about.html and look at the Reports selection at the bottom.. The Minutes of several organizational meetings are there.. They have involved academician's, government and private sector… So they have at least tried to accomodate many ideas into the process.

Again..it's a stepping stone.. Maybe not the end all, be all.. but it's a Start for many..

Considering that you can score a maximum of 40 points for experience, I am curious as to how your nine years is getting you through?

Anyone outside the US can forget this certification, in any case. According to the literature, you can't apply.

Regarding International certifications my understanding is the DFCB does intend to bring it international. Currently the background check is limited to US but we are working with our vendor and others if needed for international support.
Regarding the scoring sheet for educational, work requirements, etc. this is the founders process which expires the end of august. After that a test will be conducted.
Personally I’ve been involved in lots of certification committees and like what the DFCB is doing, they brought in academia, private and public entities, and vendors. We even invited other organizations who do certification to be involved. We want to be inclusive and not push one certification.
In case you didnt guess I'm a chair of one of the DFCB committees.

-wk

Anything new at the DFCB?

Anything new at the DFCB?

The news are that the links have changed, these are invalid now
http//www.ncfs.org/dfcb/
http//www.ncfs.org/dfcb/about.html
And there is a new .org site
http//www.dfcb.org/
And that they are asking a few bucks to "mantain" certification
http//www.dfcb.org/certification.html

*Founders Only
Date 2-17-2011

We are asking that the Founders pay a one-time $40 fee to retain their certification. You will retain the significant investment you have made in your certification. This will cover your recertification until October 2011. In October 2011, the Founders and Phase II, will be asked
to go through the regular re-certification process will all other DFCB certification holders. The
recertification process will be posted once approved by the Board, no later than 60 days before the recertification process begins.

The navigating links in the top of the page
UCF | NIJ | NCFS | SWGDE | IJDE | SSDDFJ | DFRWS|
are enough for me.
JFYI 😉
http//www.protrainco.com/info/essays/Acronyms.pdf

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