Training

In 2002 HTCI opened the doors of the National Computer Forensic Academy (NCFA) to meet the growing demand for quality hands-on-training in Digital and Cellular forensics. Our courses encompass the full spectrum of Media Forensics. Our clients include most of the Federal investigative agencies, 100’s of local police departments, numerous International Police organizations and Intelligence agencies around the world. In the past 6 years NCFA is an integral part of the U.S. Military’s Intelligence and Law Enforcement training mission, providing highly skilled instructors and relevant instruction to agents and investigators worldwide.

With our partner agencies HTCI has been able to expand training programs around the country.

Open Enrollment Courses

Course Name	Course Description	Course Length	Certification	Course Type
Digital Analyst Reporting Tool 3 Certification Course	This DART Analytics Certification Course will provide students the tools and skills necessary to identify, collect, and analyze mobile phone information from multiple sources. Upon certification, the student will understand essential cell phone terminology and number validation, the significance of mobile phone analysis to any investigation, and how to conduct in-depth cell phone analysis using DART. This course is hands-on but does not require prior technical knowledge as the student will leave fully prepared to conduct cell phone data analysis using DART!	3 Days	Yes	Digital Media Analytics Cellphone
SIRCHIE Media Forensics Course	This 2 day course is designed to introduce the investigator to the domain of digital forensics. With over 9 billion wireless subscriptions worldwide as of 2016, every criminal investigation involves information that can be captured from a digital device, including phones and tablets. Understanding what information can be obtained from these devices, as well as how to collect and preserve the information legally is critical. This course will cover various digital devices, how wireless and cellular networks operate, and review data and information that can be obtained from carriers, devices, and the web. Attendees will be introduced to free open-source as well as various market available tools that they will be able to apply in investigations.	2 Days	No	Digital Media Cellphone
Oxygen Forensics Complete	Students will obtain a start to finish education on the use of Oxygen Forensic® Detective. The course adds to the Basic and Expert course by introducing advanced methods of Smart Device collections and data analysis. Students will examine collect and analyze data from iOS, Android, and Windows Phone smart devices. Students will work to obtain physical images, understand file system formats, storage methods and evidence locations. Students receive training and instruction on Cloud Storage and extraction techniques using Oxygen Forensic® Detective. SQLite database data is extremely important to today’s smart device examinations. Not only will students receive training on the SQLite database format and creating SQL queries, but Property Lists, recovering deleted data, write-ahead-logs, shared-memory-files and interpreting database artifacts using the SQLite Viewer and secondary tools are covered.	3 Days	Yes	Cellphone
MapLink Analyst Course	This 2-day course is designed to give investigators both the tools and training to conduct analytical examinations of Call Detail Records (CDR). The ability of the investigator to be able to understand the complex records being provided to them by the known tools network carriers cellphopne analysis will be critical. The saying “you have the data, now what?” is what MapLink is here to bridge. MapLink will take processes that used to take weeks to do and turn them into quick ingests that immediately produces investigative information. MapLink will turn a large amount of data provided to the investigator under Subpoena or Search Warrant into usable information. Information that the investigator can argue in court. As one of the US’s oldest digital forensics training companies, HTCI is uniquely qualified to train on this subject matter. Our instructors are all seasoned professionals chosen to teach the course based their unique skills and qualifications.	2 Days	Yes	CDR Analysis Course
Drone Media Forensics	The use of Drones is growing rapidly and expanding to criminal enterprises and terrorist organizations. Police Corrections Facilities and deployed militaries are dealing with drones on a regular basis. Read the news today and you are likely to find an article discussing the malicious use of a Drone. Strategies and techniques to properly collect and examine these devices are not widely known, leaving investigators with the following challenges: How do you collect Drones? How do you extract data from these devices? How do you report the information? How do you track the vehicles path associating to an individual? Many collectors stop after retrieving videos. Drones do much more than record video, they can transport illegal payload like drugs and weapons, but also deliver munitions or act as the projectile! This course will cover all of these questions and more and will give you the skills to Collect, Preserve, Examine, and Report (CPER) the hidden intelligence within a Drone. In addition, you will leave with the skills necessary to collect and upload data residing from these mobile platforms.	4 Days	Yes	Digital Media Cellphone

HTCI Training Schedule