Certificate Earned

Digital Certificate of Completion & 3 CPE Credits

Duration

3 hours of structured video tutorials, interactive quizzes, practical labs, and applied research assignments.

Delivery

Fully online, self-paced learning—accessible anytime, anywhere, designed for flexibility in any schedule.

Guarantee

3-Day Money-Back Guarantee and Lifetime Access—try the course risk-free and enjoy lifetime updates.

Program Overview

You will examine these new innovative ideas, in-depth, as they are introduced by our experienced instructors, which come from the world of eCommerce, loss prevention, law enforcement, and the intelligence community to bring you an action-packed seminar that will leave you eager to return to work, to utilize your new found skill set.

Navigate the website, search, advanced search, sign-up, register a profile

Learn about connections, friend’s request, & privacy settings

Identify fraudsters, criminals, and illegal information Identify personal details, addresses, phone numbers, email address & more

Learn how to bypass privacy settings, visualize seller networks and gather intelligence

Identification of criminal activity and what is needed to prosecute

Evidence gathering and chain of custody for digital evidence

Legalities of online investigations, terms of service violations and subpoenas

RENEWAL

Your certification of completion is valid for 2 years. If you wish to renew the certificate, you simply need to take the program again to generate a new certificate of completion.

Program Topics

Explore the Program Curriclum Below

An overview of Advanced Social Media Investigations

Defining Open Source Intelligence & Sock Puppet Accounts

Anatomy of Social Media

Domain Names

Username Workflow

Search Engines

Facebook

Twitter

Twitter Advance Searching (Examples)

Instagram

Instagram Advanced Search (Examples)

YouTube

Hootsuite and Sprout Social

Quiz: Advanced Social Media Investigations

Legal Fundamentals (Reading Assignment)

Introduction to Legal Fundamentals

Understanding Your Role as a Corporate Investigator

Understanding Your Employees Rights

The Electronic Communications Privacy Act

Understanding Law Enforcement Concerns

An Agent of the Law

Federal Laws to Prosecute Cybercrimes

Becoming an Expert Witness (02:11)

Daubert's Standards, What is it? (00:58)

Common Task of an Expert Witness (02:01)

Preparing to Become an Expert Witness (02:50)

Your Role as a Consultant (01:29)

How to Prepare Your Testimony for Court (09:43)

Preparing Forensic and Computer Evidence (01:03)

Quiz: Legal Fundamentals of Cyber Investigations

Documenting Social Media Evidence (Reading Assignment)

Quiz: Documenting Social Media Evidence

Social Media Evidence (Reading Assignment)

Final Exam: Digital Evidence 

Eligbility Requirements

None

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