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Investigate Windows systems using forensic techniques that recover evidence of user activity, malware execution, and data theft. Covers registry analysis, browser artifacts, deleted file recovery, prefetch, shimcache, and timeline reconstruction for investigations that stand up to legal scrutiny.
Overview
Investigate Windows systems using forensic techniques that recover evidence of user activity, malware execution, and data theft. Build cases that stand up to legal scrutiny.
Windows dominates enterprise environments - and therefore dominates forensic investigations. FOR500 teaches the artifacts, tools, and techniques required to investigate incidents on Windows systems.
Extract evidence from Windows systems:
User Activity Analysis
- Reconstruct user actions through registry artifacts
- Analyze browser history and downloads
- Recover deleted files and slack space
- Track application execution and data access
System and Malware Artifacts
- Identify persistence mechanisms
- Analyze prefetch and shimcache
- Examine scheduled tasks and services
- Recover evidence of malware execution
Timeline and Reporting
- Build comprehensive event timelines
- Correlate artifacts across systems
- Present findings clearly for legal review
- Document chain of custody
Hands-on labs investigate realistic Windows systems with actual evidence to recover.
Earn GIAC GCFE certification (exam sold separately). 36 CPE credits across 6 intensive days.
Highlights
- Master Windows forensic artifacts: Registry analysis, browser history, deleted file recovery, prefetch, shimcache, scheduled tasks, and persistence mechanisms. Build tool-agnostic analysis skills.
- 22 hands-on labs: Carve files from free space, analyze application execution, examine USB device history, search email attachments, parse crash recovery files, and build comprehensive timelines.
- Prepares for GIAC GCFE certification. Built for forensic analysts and incident responders investigating Windows systems. 6 days, 36 CPEs.
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Dimension | Description | Cost/12 months |
|---|---|---|
FOR500 - Single User | Single user license for DFIR - FOR500: Windows Forensic Analysis | $8,780.00 |
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This listing offers one pricing option: a single-user license for the FOR500: Windows Forensic Analysis course. You buy access for one person, and pricing is set per user with no tiers or size choices. To cover more people, you add more units under this same dimension. The course is a digital forensics and incident response offering that includes hands-on labs and maps to a related certification. Billing follows a contract model. There are no usage-based charges or add-on dimensions to select here.
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One license gives a single named person access to the FOR500: Windows Forensic Analysis course. The course runs 6 days instructor-led or 36 hours self-paced, with 22 hands-on labs. It maps to the related digital forensics examiner certification. Each additional person needs their own license unit.
Pricing is set per user with no tiers. To cover more people, you add more units under this same single-user dimension. Each unit stays priced the same regardless of how many you buy. The cost scales in direct proportion to the number of users licensed.
Self-paced OnDemand access typically runs for a 4-month period, and you can request an extension if you cannot finish in time. Digital course materials and progress tracking are available during this window. For details on your specific access period, confirm with the vendor.
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