Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR) Professional

Core Curriculum & Modules: Module 1: Incident Response Fundamentals & Frameworks — IR lifecycle (NIST/SANS), incident classification and severity triage, building playbooks and communication plans Module 2: Evidence Acquisition & Chain of Custody — Disk and memory imaging, write-blocking, hashing and integrity verification, legal admissibility and documentation standards Module 3: Endpoint & Host-Based Forensics — File system artifacts (MFT, registry, event logs, prefetch), timeline reconstruction, persistence mechanism identification Module 4: Network & Cloud Forensics — Packet capture and NetFlow analysis, lateral movement detection, cloud log analysis (AWS/Azure/GCP), log correlation across hybrid environments Module 5: Containment, Eradication & Post-Incident Reporting — Isolation and remediation strategies, root cause analysis, executive and technical report writing, lessons-learned reviews Practical Labs: Participants respond to a simulated multi-stage breach scenario, acquire and analyze forensic images and log data from compromised systems, and produce a complete incident timeline and remediation report suitable for stakeholder and legal review. Same framing approach as before — defensive, response-oriented, and grounded in preserving/analyzing evidence rather than offensive techniques. Happy to tailor this further (e.g., more cloud-heavy, more classic on-prem/host forensics, or geared toward a specific certification body's style) if you let me know the direction.