The Waldrep CompanyProfessional Training in Digital Forensics, Cyber Investigations & Investigative Tradecraft

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Professional Training in Digital Forensics, Cyber Investigations & Investigative Tradecraft.

Expert-led, hands-on courses that build real capability — from digital forensics and mobile and online investigations to cryptocurrency tracing and investigative leadership. Every course is practical, scenario-based, and can be tailored and delivered at your facility.

31Courses
8Disciplines
2–5Days each
856Curriculum hours
Expert-LedHands-On & Scenario-BasedVirtual or On-SitePer-Person & Group RatesCertificate of Completion

Digital Forensics — Foundations & Field Response

The grounding every digital investigator needs, plus the first-responder skills that protect evidence in the critical first minutes.

Forensic Fundamentals

Foundational
4 days · 32 hrs
Per person $2,095 virtual · $2,295 in-person

The essential foundation for anyone who handles digital evidence. Participants build the sound, court-defensible habits — lawful authority, identification, seizure, chain of custody, hashing, and write-blocking — that every advanced discipline relies on.

  • Legal authority & scope
  • Identifying digital evidence
  • Lawful seizure & order of volatility
  • Chain of custody & hashing
  • Write-blocking & forensic soundness
  • Examination workflow & reporting
Who should attend: Investigators and new examiners

Introduction to Computer Hardware

Foundational
2 days · 16 hrs
Per person $995 virtual · $1,195 in-person

Hardware literacy that prevents costly mistakes in the field. Participants learn to recognize storage technologies, understand how and where data is stored, and connect media correctly through a write-blocker.

  • Core components
  • HDD vs SSD & flash storage
  • Interfaces & adapters
  • How data is stored (sectors, clusters, slack)
  • Write-blocked connections
  • Recognizing devices at a scene
Who should attend: Field investigators and new examiners

Identification & Collection of Digital Evidence

Foundational
3 days · 24 hrs
Per person $1,595 virtual · $1,795 in-person

A force multiplier for general field investigators. Trains first responders to recognize, lawfully collect, isolate, and document digital evidence so examiners receive sound, admissible material.

  • First-responder role & do-no-harm
  • Legal authority & scope
  • Recognizing evidence sources
  • Securing & isolating devices
  • Collection, packaging & labeling
  • Documentation & chain of custody
Who should attend: General field investigators / first responders

Digital Forensics — Acquisition & Examination

Hands-on imaging, rapid response, and deep examination across the most common evidence types.

Digital Forensic Acquisition Tools

Intermediate
3 days · 24 hrs
Per person $1,595 virtual · $1,995 in-person

Hands-on forensic imaging done right. Participants acquire verified images from a range of media using hardware and software tools, proving integrity at every step.

  • Acquisition principles & image formats
  • Hardware & software imaging
  • Verification & hashing
  • Difficult acquisitions (SSD, HPA/DCO)
  • Acquisition documentation
  • Validated capstone
Who should attend: Examiners

Digital Evidence Acquisition & Rapid Response

Intermediate
3 days · 24 hrs
Per person $1,595 virtual · $1,995 in-person

Sound acquisition under time pressure. Covers on-scene triage, volatile and live capture, and the encryption-aware power-state decisions that can make or break a case.

  • Order of volatility
  • Live & memory capture
  • On-scene triage methodology
  • Encryption & power-state decisions
  • Rapid acquisition
  • Documentation under pressure
Who should attend: Examiners and responders

Digital Forensic Analysis Tools

Intermediate
4 days · 32 hrs
Per person $2,295 virtual · $2,595 in-person

From image to insight. Participants examine acquired evidence with leading analysis platforms — recovering files, analyzing user activity, building timelines, and producing defensible reports.

  • Examination workflow
  • File systems & data recovery
  • File carving
  • User-activity artifacts
  • Keyword, hash & filtering
  • Timeline analysis & reporting
Who should attend: Examiners

Windows Forensics

Advanced
5 days · 40 hrs
Per person $2,995 virtual · $3,295 in-person

Deep Windows artifact analysis. Reconstruct user and system activity from the registry, event logs, and file-system artifacts to answer the questions a case turns on.

  • NTFS & file-system artifacts
  • The Windows registry
  • User-activity artifacts
  • Program-execution artifacts
  • Event logs & browser artifacts
  • Timeline reconstruction & testimony
Who should attend: Experienced examiners

Memory Analysis

Advanced
4 days · 32 hrs
Per person $2,595 virtual · $2,895 in-person

What the disk cannot tell you. Acquire and analyze volatile memory to surface running processes, network connections, injected code, and malware indicators.

  • Memory acquisition
  • Processes & loaded modules
  • Network & handle artifacts
  • Code injection & malware indicators
  • Strings, keys & credentials
  • Correlating memory with disk
Who should attend: Advanced examiners

Digital Video Recovery & Analysis

Intermediate
3 days · 24 hrs
Per person $1,795 virtual · $2,195 in-person

Make video evidence count. Recover, authenticate, and present footage from DVR/CCTV, body and dash cameras, and cloud sources using defensible, reproducible methods.

  • Containers & codecs
  • DVR/CCTV acquisition
  • Recovering deleted video
  • Authentication & integrity
  • Defensible enhancement
  • Presentation & reporting
Who should attend: Investigators and examiners

UAS / Drone Forensics

Advanced
5 days · 40 hrs
Per person $2,195 virtual · $2,800 in-person

Investigate the drone. Recover and analyze data from unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and their controllers — flight logs, telemetry, media, and operator identity — to reconstruct missions and attribute activity. A 5-day intensive.

  • UAS components & data sources
  • Seizing UAS, controllers & batteries
  • Flight log & telemetry recovery
  • Onboard & SD-card media
  • Controller & mobile-app artifacts
  • Geolocation, flight reconstruction & operator attribution
Who should attend: Examiners and investigators handling drone incidents

Mobile Device Forensics

Phones are the case. Lawful, sound recovery from the highest-volume evidence source — from fundamentals to advanced extractions.

Fundamentals of Mobile Device Forensics

Intermediate
4 days · 32 hrs
Per person $2,095 virtual · $2,595 in-person

Lawfully seize, acquire, and analyze mobile devices to recover communications, location, and application data in a sound, defensible manner.

  • Mobile evidence & lawful seizure
  • Isolation & power management
  • Acquisition types
  • Extraction with mobile suites
  • Decoding communications & app data
  • Location & reporting
Who should attend: Examiners and investigators

Advanced Mobile Device Forensics

Advanced
5 days · 40 hrs
Per person $2,395 virtual · $2,995 in-person

The hard extractions. Full file-system and physical methods, locked and encrypted devices, manual SQLite and application decoding, and cloud acquisition.

  • Advanced acquisition methods
  • Locked & encrypted devices
  • SQLite & app database decoding
  • Encrypted messaging artifacts
  • Cloud & account acquisition
  • Validation & anti-forensics
Who should attend: Experienced mobile examiners

Online & Open-Source Investigations

Find it, verify it, preserve it — across the open web, social media, and the dark web, safely and lawfully.

Online Investigations

Foundational
3 days · 24 hrs
Per person $1,595 virtual · $1,795 in-person

Plan and run lawful, secure open-source investigations with sound attribution management and court-ready evidence capture.

  • Internet fundamentals for investigators
  • Managed attribution & OPSEC
  • Advanced search & discovery
  • Evaluating & verifying information
  • Capturing & preserving web evidence
  • Geolocation & media analysis
Who should attend: Investigators and analysts

Online Investigations: Social Media

Intermediate
3 days · 24 hrs
Per person $1,795 virtual · $1,995 in-person

Turn social media into evidence. Identify and attribute accounts, analyze activity and networks, and lawfully collect and preserve social-media evidence.

  • The social-media landscape
  • Account identification & attribution
  • Profile & network analysis
  • Lawful collection & preservation
  • Covert engagement & OPSEC
  • Analysis & reporting
Who should attend: Investigators and analysts

Online Investigations: Dark Web

Intermediate
3 days · 24 hrs
Per person $1,895 virtual · $2,095 in-person

Operate safely in anonymized spaces. Access and investigate dark-web sources, recognize illicit-marketplace indicators, and develop attribution leads while protecting the investigator.

  • Anonymity networks explained
  • Safe access & OPSEC
  • Marketplaces, forums & indicators
  • Searching & mapping hidden services
  • Collecting & preserving evidence
  • De-anonymization leads
Who should attend: Investigators

Cryptocurrency Investigations

From first principles to on-chain tracing and the scams hitting communities now.

Cryptocurrency Introduction

Foundational
2 days · 16 hrs
Per person $1,195 virtual · $1,295 in-person

Demystify cryptocurrency for investigators. Understand blockchains, wallets, and transactions well enough to recognize, preserve, and act on crypto evidence.

  • Blockchain basics
  • Wallets, keys & addresses
  • Reading transactions
  • Exchanges, on/off ramps & compliance
  • Recognizing & seizing crypto evidence
Who should attend: Investigators new to cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency: Tracing

Intermediate
3 days · 24 hrs
Per person $1,795 virtual · $1,995 in-person

Follow the money on-chain. Trace transactions across wallets and services using industry tracing tools, cluster addresses, and convert leads into lawful action.

  • Tracing fundamentals
  • Address clustering & attribution
  • Using a tracing platform
  • Following funds through services
  • Obfuscation: mixers, bridges & privacy coins
  • Reporting & visualization
Who should attend: Financial-crime investigators

Cryptocurrency: Fraud & Scams

Intermediate
2 days · 16 hrs
Per person $1,295 virtual · $1,395 in-person

Respond to the scams hitting your community. Recognize crypto fraud typologies and red flags, capture evidence quickly, and support victims.

  • Scam typologies
  • Red flags & indicators
  • Initial response & evidence capture
  • Victim engagement
  • Hand-off to tracing & disruption
Who should attend: Investigators and fraud units

Emerging Threats & Technology

Stay ahead of artificial intelligence and cyber-enabled threats.

Artificial Intelligence in Crime & Policing

Awareness
2 days · 16 hrs
Per person $1,095 virtual · $1,195 in-person

A balanced, practical look at AI-enabled threats (deepfakes and synthetic media), the responsible investigative use of AI, and the governance and bias issues leaders must manage.

  • AI foundations for investigators
  • AI-enabled threats
  • AI as an investigative aid
  • Detecting synthetic media
  • Governance, bias & accountability
Who should attend: Investigators, analysts, supervisors

Cyber-Enabled Terrorism & Emerging Threats

Foundational
2 days · 16 hrs
Per person $1,195 virtual · $1,295 in-person

How threat actors use technology — online radicalization and recruitment, digital financing, operational use of technology, and how investigators detect and disrupt it.

  • The cyber-enabled threat landscape
  • Online radicalization & recruitment
  • Digital-age financing
  • Planning, coordination & attack use
  • Detection, disruption & coordination
Who should attend: Counterterrorism investigators and analysts

Courtroom, eDiscovery & Expert Testimony

Equip examiners, investigators, and the courtroom to handle digital evidence — from eDiscovery to the witness stand.

eDiscovery & ESI Essentials

Foundational
1 day · 8 hrs
Per person $695 virtual · $795 in-person

A practical introduction to electronic discovery, from legal hold to production. Participants learn how electronically stored information (ESI) is identified, preserved, collected, processed, reviewed, and produced defensibly — and how investigators, IT, and counsel work together. A 1-day workshop.

  • ESI & FRCP Rule 34
  • Litigation holds & Rule 37(e)
  • Defensible collection vs self-collection
  • Metadata, processing & TAR
  • Privilege & Rule 502 clawback
  • Production formats & proportionality
Who should attend: Investigators, examiners, litigation-support staff, and counsel

Expert Witness Preparation

Advanced
2 days · 16 hrs
Per person $1,495 virtual · $1,695 in-person

Become a credible, effective expert witness. Participants learn to write defensible reports, qualify as an expert, present technical findings clearly, and hold up under cross-examination — with courtroom simulation and feedback. A 2-day course.

  • FRE 702/703/705 & the Daubert trilogy
  • Writing the defensible report
  • Qualification & voir dire
  • Direct examination for juries
  • Surviving cross-examination
  • Full moot-court simulation
Who should attend: Examiners, analysts, and investigators who testify

Cyber Judicial Workshop

Judiciary
2 days · 16 hrs
Per person $1,695 virtual · $1,895 in-person

Digital evidence for the bench. A peer workshop helping judges evaluate admissibility, authentication, reliability, and chain of custody for digital evidence, with practical ruling scenarios.

  • Digital evidence for the bench
  • Legal framework
  • Authentication, reliability & chain of custody
  • Common challenges & pitfalls
  • Ruling scenarios
Who should attend: Judges and judicial officers

Cyber Prosecution Workshop

Prosecutors
2 days · 16 hrs
Per person $1,595 virtual · $1,795 in-person

Win the digital case. Equips prosecutors to frame charges, work with examiners, lay foundation, qualify experts, and present digital exhibits effectively.

  • Digital evidence & the charging decision
  • Working with examiners & reports
  • Foundation, authentication & admissibility
  • Qualifying & examining the expert
  • Presenting digital exhibits
Who should attend: Prosecutors

Investigative Tradecraft & Counterterrorism

The investigator and leader skills that move a case from information to conviction — and build a capable, accountable organization.

Identifying & Developing Investigative Information

Intermediate
5 days · 40 hrs
Per person $1,795 virtual · $1,995 in-person

From raw information to actionable leads. Build, evaluate, and analyze information from human, open, and record sources, including link analysis and lead development.

  • The investigative information cycle
  • Sources & source development
  • Information evaluation
  • Link & association analysis
  • Developing leads & hypotheses
  • Protecting information & sources
Who should attend: Investigators and analysts

Investigative Information Management

Intermediate
5 days · 40 hrs
Per person $1,795 virtual · $1,995 in-person

Never lose a lead. Disciplined registration, case-file construction, secure storage, retrieval, deconfliction, and lawful sharing of investigative information.

  • Registration & logging
  • Case-file construction & standards
  • Storage, security & access control
  • Retrieval, cross-matching & deconfliction
  • Records, retention & disposal
  • Lawful sharing
Who should attend: Investigators and records personnel

Investigating Terrorist Incidents

Intermediate
5 days · 40 hrs
Per person $1,795 virtual · $1,995 in-person

Run the major-incident investigation. Secure and document the scene, manage evidence, and drive the investigation from response to case-building with a structured methodology.

  • Incident types & dynamics
  • Scene security & documentation
  • Evidence identification & management
  • Witness & victim management
  • Investigative planning
  • Forensic & inter-agency integration
Who should attend: Investigators

Interviewing Terrorist Suspects

Intermediate
5 days · 40 hrs
Per person $1,895 virtual · $2,095 in-person

Lawful, effective, evidence-based interviewing. A rapport-based, rights-compliant program built on the proven PEACE model, with recorded role-play practice.

  • Principles of ethical interviewing
  • Legal framework & rights
  • Interview planning
  • Rapport, communication & questioning
  • Account development & probing
  • Recorded interview practical
Who should attend: Investigators

Combating Domestic & Transnational Terrorism

Intermediate
5 days · 40 hrs
Per person $1,895 virtual · $2,095 in-person

Understand and disrupt the network. Analyze terrorist organizations — structure, financing, and networks — and apply rights-based investigative and disruption strategies.

  • Threat, ideologies & context
  • Organizational structures
  • Radicalization & recruitment
  • Terrorist financing
  • Network & link analysis
  • Investigative & disruption strategies
Who should attend: Counterterrorism investigators and analysts

Management of Terrorist Investigations

Advanced
5 days · 40 hrs
Per person $2,095 virtual · $2,295 in-person

Lead the complex investigation. Command structure, strategy and decision logging, tasking, information flow, resources, and inter-agency and prosecutorial coordination.

  • Command, control & structure
  • Investigative strategy & decision logging
  • Tasking & action management
  • Information & intelligence flow
  • Resource & personnel management
  • Risk, review & lessons learned
Who should attend: Investigation managers and team leaders

Police Leaders' Role in Combating Terrorism

Executive
5 days · 40 hrs
Per person $2,195 virtual · $2,495 in-person

Strategy for senior leaders. A seminar on building counterterrorism capability, prevention and community partnerships, rights-based accountability, and crisis leadership.

  • The strategic threat picture
  • The leader's role
  • Building & sustaining capability
  • Prevention, partnerships & trust
  • Oversight, integrity & accountability
  • Crisis leadership & communications
Who should attend: Senior police leaders

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