Evidence handling Operations Playbook
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 operations-focused course delivers production-ready playbooks, checklists, and standard operating procedures. Starting from foundational concepts, RCCE students will learn to build repeatable day-to-day operational workflows that ensure consistency and quality. Students receive templates and frameworks they can customize and deploy immediately in their security operations, reducing time to operational effectiveness.
- 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 Operations Playbook
- Execute hands-on tasks for evidence handling operations playbook
- Explain Course Overview fundamentals
- Execute hands-on tasks for what you will learn
- Execute hands-on tasks for operational outcomes — covering Deploy evidence handling playbooks day one.
- Execute hands-on tasks for topic map: 18 core subtopics
- Execute hands-on tasks for 1. evidence fundamentals
- Execute hands-on tasks for 2. evidence types & classification
- Explain 3. Legal Foundations fundamentals
- Execute hands-on tasks for 4. evidence identification
- Execute hands-on tasks for 5. collection procedures
- Execute hands-on tasks for 6. write blockers & imaging
- Execute hands-on tasks for 8. evidence hashing & integrity
| Module 01 | Evidence Handling Operations Playbook |
| Module 02 | Course Overview |
| Module 03 | What You Will Learn |
| Module 04 | Operational Outcomes |
| Module 05 | Topic Map: 18 Core Subtopics |
| Module 06 | 1. Evidence Fundamentals |
| Module 07 | 2. Evidence Types & Classification |
| Module 08 | 3. Legal Foundations |
| Module 09 | 4. Evidence Identification |
| Module 10 | 5. Collection Procedures |
| Module 11 | 6. Write Blockers & Imaging |
| Module 12 | 8. Evidence Hashing & Integrity |
| Module 13 | 9. Preservation Techniques |
| Module 14 | What Is Digital Evidence? |
All hands-on labs run on Rocheston Rose X OS. Students practice evidence handling operations playbook by implementing the controls discussed in class, with a focus on real-world deployment, monitoring, and validation.
- Lab 1: Execute hands-on tasks for evidence handling operations playbook
- Lab 2: Explain Course Overview fundamentals
- Lab 3: Execute hands-on tasks for what you will learn
- Lab 4: Execute hands-on tasks for operational outcomes
- Lab 5: Execute hands-on tasks for topic map: 18 core subtopics
Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive an official RCCE Course Completion Certificate for Evidence handling Operations Playbook, 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