Collection and Preservation of Digital Evidence
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  • Level Foundational
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Collection and Preservation of Digital Evidence

Issued by University of Central Oklahoma

There are a myriad of evidential challenges for forensic investigators in the digital age. Through completing UCO's Digital Forensics academic course, students earned the Collection and Preservation of Digital Evidence Micro-credential. Students learned from Forensic Science professor and former Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation Deputy Inspector Mark McCoy, Ed.D. as he taught the proper protocols for the collection and preservation of digital evidence in a forensically sound manner.

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  • Level Foundational
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Skills

Earning Criteria

  • Rules of evidence and the IACIS Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct as applicable to computer forensics
  • Proper computer search and seizure methodologies to include photographic and documentation procedures.
  • Demonstrate the ability to preview evidence on a computer in a forensically sound manner.
  • Demonstrate the techniques to make a forensic duplicate of digital evidence at a crime scene.
  • Explain on-scene actions taken for the preservation of physical and volatile digital evidence including the proper handling of mobile phones.
  • Establish, maintain and document a forensically sound examination environment