Digital Forensics & Incident Response
DFIR end to end
Key facts
- Level: Professional
- Field: Cybersecurity & Information Security
- Certification price: $194 (one-time payment)
- Online course: Digital Forensics & Incident Response — Study Course — $195
- Course + exam bundle: $389
- Exam: 40 multiple-choice questions · 90 minutes · passing score 70% · up to 3 attempts
- Estimated study time: about 36 hours
- Validity: 24 months
- Certification language: English
About the Digital Forensics & Incident Response certification
Investigate and respond to breaches: the incident-response lifecycle, evidence handling and chain of custody, disk and memory forensics, log and network analysis, and post-incident reporting.
Course outline
The Digital Forensics & Incident Response — Study Course course covers:
- Foundations of Digital Forensics & Incident Response — Establish the core principles, terminology, and legal framework that underpin every DFIR investigation. (4 lessons)
- Evidence Acquisition and Forensic Imaging — Master the techniques for acquiring volatile and non-volatile evidence from endpoints, servers, and cloud environments without contaminating the… (4 lessons)
- Disk and File System Forensics — Analyze file systems, recover deleted data, understand timestamps and artifact locations on Windows and Linux systems. (3 lessons)
- Memory Forensics and Malware Analysis — Analyze RAM captures to find injected code, attacker tools, and malware behavior without executing a single malicious file. (3 lessons)
- Log Analysis and Network Forensics — Reconstruct attacker activity through systematic analysis of system logs, firewall data, and captured network traffic. (3 lessons)
- Incident Response Operations — Execute containment, eradication, and recovery with professional discipline while managing communication and documentation. (3 lessons)
- Exam Readiness: DFIR Certification Preparation — Consolidate core DFIR concepts, understand exam structure, practice with scenario-based questions, and develop a proven study strategy. (3 lessons)
Frequently asked questions
- Is the Digital Forensics & Incident Response certificate verifiable?
- Yes. Every certificate issued by BC Skills Academy carries a unique credential ID that anyone can check on the public verification page.
- How is the Digital Forensics & Incident Response exam structured?
- It is a timed, randomized multiple-choice exam of 40 questions in 90 minutes, graded instantly; you need 70% to pass.
- Can I get a refund?
- Full refund within 7 days of purchase if you have not started the exam. Once the exam has been started or completed, the purchase is no longer refundable.