Course Overview:

The Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI) course delivers the security discipline of digital forensics from a vendor-neutral perspective. CHFI is a comprehensive course covering major forensic investigation scenarios and enabling students to acquire necessary hands-on experience with various forensic investigation techniques and standard forensic tools necessary to successfully carry out a computer forensic investigation leading to the prosecution of perpetrators.

The CHFI certification gives participants the necessary skills to perform an effective digital forensics investigation. CHRI presents a methodological approach to computer forensics including searching and seizing, chain-of-custody, acquisition, preservation, analysis and reporting of digital evidence

What’s Included:

  • 5 days of instructor-led in classroom training
  • Detailed Labs for hands-on learning experience; approximately 50% of training is dedicated to labs
  • Hundreds of investigation tools including EnCase, Access Data FTL, & ProDiscover
  • Huge cache of evidence files for analysis including RAW, .dd images, video & audio files, MS Office files, systems files, etc.
  • CHFI Courseware
  • Exam Voucher
  • CHFI onsite exam scheduling

Course Objectives:

  • Establish threat intelligence and key learning points to support pro-active profiling and scenario modeling
  • Perform anti-forensic methods detection
  • Perform post-intrusion analysis of electronic and digital media to determine the who, where, what, when, and how the intrusion occurred
  • Extract and analyze of logs from various devices like proxy, firewall, IPS, IDS, Desktop, laptop, servers, SIM tool, router firewall, switches AD server, DHCP logs, Access Control Logs & conclude as part of investigation process
  • Identify & check the possible source/ incident origin
  • Recover deleted files and partitions in Windows, MAC OS X, and Linux
  • Conduct reverse engineering for known and suspected malware files
  • Collect data using forensic technology methods in accordance with evidence handling procedures, including collection of hard copy and electronic documents

Dates/Locations:

Date/Time Event
03/23/2026 - 03/27/2026
08:00 -16:00
TN-415: Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator (CHFI)
TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
06/29/2026 - 07/03/2026
08:00 -16:00
TN-415: Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator (CHFI)
TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
09/28/2026 - 10/02/2026
08:00 -16:00
TN-415: Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator (CHFI)
TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX

Duration: 5 Days

Course Content:

    • Module 01. Computer Forensics in Today’s World
    • Module 02. Computer Forensics Investigation Process
    • Module 03. Understanding Hard Disks and File Systems
    • Module 04. Data Acquisition and Duplication
    • Module 05. Defeating Anti-forensics Techniques
    • Module 06. Operating System Forensics (Windows, Mac, Linux)
    • Module 07. Network Forensics
    • Module 08. Investigating Web Attacks
    • Module 09. Database Forensics
    • Module 10. Cloud Forensics
    • Module 10. Malware Forensics
    • Module 11. Investigating Email Crimes
    • Module 12. Investigating Email Crimes
    • Module 13. Mobile Forensics
    • Module 14. Forensics Report Writing and Presentation

 

Prerequisites:

      • 2+ years of proven information security work experience
      • Educational background with digital security specialization

    Target Audience:

      • Law Enforcement
      • Defense & Military
      • E-Business Security
      • Systems Administrators
      • Legal Professionals
      • Banking & Insurance professionals
      • Government Agencies
      • IT Managers

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Course Overview:

This intensive hands-on class teaches students to develop customized UNIX™ commands, read & write Bourne, Korn & Bash Shell scripts & automate critical server functions.  The course includes extensive lab exercises, including hands-on development & debugging of shell scripts, which will give students the ability to be more efficient and productive in less time. The focus of the course will be the Bash shell.

Attendees to TN-215: Shell Programming will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Dates/Locations:

Date/Time Event
03/23/2026 - 03/27/2026
08:00 -16:00
TN-215: Shell Programming
TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
06/22/2026 - 06/26/2026
08:00 -16:00
TN-215: Shell Programming
TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
09/14/2026 - 09/18/2026
08:00 -16:00
TN-215: Shell Programming
TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX

Duration: 5 days

Course Objectives:

  • Shell Review
  • Shell Interpretation of Quotes & Backslash
  • The Bash Shell
  • Shell’s combined with UNIX utilities
  • Programming Basics
  • Data Constructs
  • Programming Looping
  • Your Environment
  • More on Parameters
  • Advanced Shell Programming

Prerequisites:

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Course Overview:

This is an introductory course into the Python scripting language.  This class uses a hands-on approach in teaching the Python language.  This course builds the prerequisite skills for TechNow's P-345: Python for Pentration Testers course.  Getting comfortable with Python is important to understanding how Python can be utilitized for offensive measures.

This course is hands-on with the instructor walking the students through many short examples to exemplify an objective.  Dexterity with the language comes through many small code examples to produce the desired result.  Students have fun acquiring points for all the code examples they get correct.  We must be having fun because TechNow is always amazed at how competitive students are in trying to acquire the most points!  

The instructor will focus on the level that each student is currently at, and ensure the student absorbs the subject matter.  Programming is not a daily tasking of administrators or offensive operators and TechNow understands that.  As an instructor led course TechNow is very successful in making Python accessible to those who do not live eat and breath programming.  If a student's ultimate goal is to attend a course like TechNow's P-345: Python for Pentration Testers course, then not being bogged down in the Python language is critical, and this course (P-325: Python Programming) meets that objective.

Recently we have introduced Raspberry Pi's and multiple sensors to the P-325: Python Programming course.  This enables the student to actually see productive results from their coding skills in the physical world!  Some examples that students create programs for are: Motion detectors, distance, temperature, cameras and keypads.

Attendees to P-325: Python Programming will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Dates/Locations:

No Events

Duration: 5 Days

Course Objectives:

  • How Python Runs Programs
  • Introducing Python Object Types
    • Numeric Types
    • Dynamic Typing
  • Variables
  • Regular Expressions
  • Strings
  • Conditionals
    • if Tests and Syntax Rules
  • Lists and Dictionaries
  • Tuples and Files
  • Introducing Python Statements
  • Assignments, Expressions, and Prints
  • while and for Loops
  • Iterations and Comprehensions
  • Documentation
  • Function Basics
  • Built-In Functions
  • Scopes
  • Arguments
  • Modules
  • Module Packages and Importing
  • Classes and OOP
  • Operator Overloading
  • Recursion
  • Exception Coding Details
  • Exception Objects
  • Unicode and Byte Strings
  • Working with Raspberry Pi
    • Writing code for sensors

Prerequisites:

  • Experience with some form of programming is preferred

 

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Instructor comments: Instructor was extremely knowledgeable in programming and scripting. He encouraged students to explore and ask questions. He would work with individuals to troubleshoot lab problems sets. Would highly recommend as an instructor.

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Course Overview:

The  UNIX Security Administrator Prep is a hands-on course that covers how to secure and audit UNIX and Linux operating systems. This includes concepts such as Rootkits, Buffer overflows, and monitoring UNIX/Linux systems.

Attendees to TN-959: Unix Security Administratorwill receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Date/Locations:

No Events

Duration: 5 days

Course Objectives:

  • AIDE
  • Apache
  • Best Practices for Kernel Tuning and Warning Banners
  • Boot Services
  • Chroot()
  • DNS- BIND
  • DNSSec
  • Evidence Collection and Preservation
  • Forensic Analysis
  • Forensic Preparation and Incident Handling
  • Host Based Firewalls – iptables
  • Intro to Forensics
  • OS Install and Patching
  • Physical, User Account, and Password Access Control
  • Se Linux
  • Sendmail
  • SSH
  • Stack Smashing
  • Sudo
  • Syslog-NG
  • UNIX Logging

Course Prerequisites:

  • GSEC or equivalent experience
  • UNIX, Windows, networking, and security experience
  • This is a hands-on skill course requiring comfort with command line interaction and network communications

 

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CCFE Core Competencies

  • Procedures and Legal Issues
  • Computer Fundamentals
  • Partitioning Schemes
  • Data Recovery
  • Windows File Systems
  • Windows Artifacts
  • Report writing (Presentation of Finding)
  • Procedures and Legal issues
  1. Knowledge of search and subjection and rules for evidence as applicable to computer forensics.
  2. Ability to explain the on-scene action taken for evidence preservation.
  3. Ability to maintain and document an environment consolidating the computer forensics.
  • Computer Fundamentals
  1. Understand BIOS
  2. Computer hardware
  3. Understanding of numbering system (Binary, hexadecimal, bits, bytes).
  4. Knowledge of sectors, clusters, files.
  5. Understanding of logical and physical files.
  6. Understanding of logical and physical drives.
  • Partitioning schemes
  1. Identification of current partitioning schemes.
  2. Understanding of primary and extended partition.
  3. Knowledge of partitioning schemes and structures and system used by it.
  4. Knowledge of GUID and its application.
  • Windows file system
  1. Understanding of concepts of files.
  2. Understanding of FAT tables, root directory, subdirectory along with how they store data.
  3. Identification, examination, analyzation of NTFS master file table.
  4. Understanding of $MFT structure and how they store data.
  5. Understanding of Standard information, Filename, and data attributes.
  • Data Recovery
  1. Ability to validate forensic hardware, software, examination procedures.
  2. Email headers understanding.
  3. Ability to generate and validate forensically sterile media.
  4. Ability to generate and validate a forensic image of media.
  5. Understand hashing and hash sets.
  6. Understand file headers.
  7. Ability to extract file metadata from common file types.
  8. Understanding of file fragmentation.
  9. Ability to extract component files from compound files.
  10. Knowledge of encrypted files and strategies for recovery.
  11. Knowledge of Internet browser artifacts.
  12. Knowledge of search strategies for examining electronic
  • Windows Artifacts
  1. Understanding the purpose and structure of component files that create the windows registry.
  2. Identify and capability to extract the relevant data from the dead registry.
  3. Understand the importance of restore points and volume shadow copy services.
  4. Knowledge of the locations of common Windows artifacts.
  5. Ability to analyze recycle bin.
  6. Ability to analyze link files.
  7. Analyzing of logs
  8. Extract and view windows logs
  9. Ability to locate, mount and examine VHD files.
  10. Understand the Windows swap and hibernation files.
  • Report Writing (Presentation of findings)
  1. Ability to conclude things strongly based on examination observations.
  2. Able to report findings using industry standard technically accurate terminologies.
  3. Ability to explain the complex things in simple and easy terms so that non-technical people can understand clearly.
  4. Be able to consider legal boundaries when undertaking a forensic examination