Investigators will gain experience with a wide array of mobile devices such as cell phones, GPS units, and tablets, forensics analysis tools, legal issues, and report generation for law enforcement. The course combines instructor-led discussions and practical exercises to teach methodologies and techniques used during investigations involving digital evidence of mobile devices with traditional investigative techniques.
As a result of this course, the student will be able to:
• Apply knowledge of different mobile device operating systems to isolate the mobile device
so that it does not send or receive transmissions.
• Apply knowledge of industry-standard forensic tools to perform an extraction of a mobile
device.
• Apply a knowledge of industry best practices to conduct mobile device seizures and
evidence recovery.
• Apply a knowledge of tracking histories of mobile device as it pertains to mobile device
examinations.
• Analyze a mobile device extraction using industry-standard forensic software.
• Analyze data sets extracted from mobile devices to locate data of evidentiary value.
• Evaluate data recovered from a mobile device investigation in order to prepare a mobile
device forensic exam report for courtroom testimony.
• Evaluate legal issues and apply them to digital evidence for mobile devices.
• Evaluate, obtain, and prepare court orders and search warrants used in a mobile device
investigation.