Free Guide to
Computer Forensics Careers

A free guide to career options, employment outlook and salary ranges. Plus, learn how our Computer Forensics program can help you take that next step in your career!

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Earn your computer forensics certificate online at Champlain College and enter this career field with a credential employers will respect. Our 27-credit online computer forensics certificate includes:

• An introduction to basic computer and networking concepts, computer crime statutes, management of evidence, and industry best-practices for examining computers that might contain crime-related information as well as how to prepare computer evidence for courtroom testimony.
• The essential rationale underlying criminal law such as the nature of jurisdiction, the criminal act, the criminal state of mind and matters affecting responsibility for criminal conduct.
• An introduction to computer architecture, introduction to programming logic and program design using C++, IEEE floating point representation, integer representation, two's compliment, and object-oriented principles.
• Specialized areas of digital forensics, namely, information hiding, anti-forensics, and network forensics. Data hiding and anti-forensics will be explored with a specific concentration on cryptography (secret writing) and steganography (hidden writing).
• Basic principles of digital media presented in order to understand how digital images, audio, and video can be manipulated and how such manipulation can be detected.