Evidence handling Architecture and Guardrails: Primer
RCCE students will learn digital evidence handling procedures including evidence identification, collection, preservation, chain of custody documentation, and evidence integrity verification. RCCE students will learn to follow forensically sound evidence handling procedures, use write blockers and forensic imaging tools, maintain chain of custody documentation throughout investigations, calculate and verify evidence hashes for integrity, securely store and transport digital evidence, prepare evidence packages for legal proceedings, and comply with organizational and jurisdictional evidence handling requirements that ensure admissibility in court. This architecture course teaches secure system design using proven patterns, guardrails, and reference architectures. Building on core knowledge, RCCE students will learn to evaluate design options against security requirements, make informed trade-off decisions, and build systems that are resilient by design. Students gain the architectural thinking skills needed for security engineering and solution design roles.
- Security Engineers building defensive controls
- Security Analysts and Blue Team members
- Systems Administrators with security responsibilities
- GRC and Risk Professionals supporting controls
- Professionals implementing Evidence handling Architecture and Guardrails: Primer
- Design a scalable privilege management architecture with policy and enforcement
- Explain Course Overview & Learning Objectives fundamentals
- Execute hands-on tasks for evidence handling
- Design a scalable privilege management architecture with policy and enforcement, including Identify and classify digital, and Document every transfer and.
- Execute hands-on tasks for 1. evidence fundamentals
- Execute hands-on tasks for 2. evidence identification
- Execute hands-on tasks for 3. collection methods
- Execute hands-on tasks for 4. forensic imaging
- Execute hands-on tasks for 5. write blockers & tools
- Execute hands-on tasks for 7. integrity & hashing
- Execute hands-on tasks for 8. preservation & storage
| Module 01 | Evidence Handling Architecture |
| Module 02 | Course Overview & Learning Objectives |
| Module 03 | Evidence Handling |
| Module 04 | Architecture & Guardrails |
| Module 05 | Topic Map: Evidence Handling Architecture |
| Module 06 | 1. Evidence Fundamentals |
| Module 07 | 2. Evidence Identification |
| Module 08 | 3. Collection Methods |
| Module 09 | 4. Forensic Imaging |
| Module 10 | 5. Write Blockers & Tools |
| Module 11 | 7. Integrity & Hashing |
| Module 12 | 8. Preservation & Storage |
| Module 13 | 9. Transport & Handling |
| Module 14 | Digital Evidence Fundamentals |
All hands-on labs run on Rocheston Rose X OS. Students practice evidence handling architecture and guardrails: primer by implementing the controls discussed in class, with a focus on real-world deployment, monitoring, and validation.
- Lab 1: Design a scalable privilege management architecture with policy and enforcement
- Lab 2: Explain Course Overview & Learning Objectives fundamentals
- Lab 3: Execute hands-on tasks for evidence handling
- Lab 4: Design a scalable privilege management architecture with policy and enforcement
- Lab 5: Design a scalable privilege management architecture with policy and enforcement
Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive an official RCCE Course Completion Certificate for Evidence handling Architecture and Guardrails: Primer, verifiable through the Rocheston certification portal.
- Full access to all course materials and slide decks
- Hands-on lab access on Rocheston Rose X OS environment
- Access to Rocheston CyberNotes
- Access to Rocheston Zelfire — EDR/XDR SIEM platform
- Access to Rocheston Raven — online cyber range exercise platform
- Access to Rocheston Vulnerability Vines AI