Evidence handling for Beginners
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. Designed for students with no prior experience in this area, this course builds knowledge from the ground up with clear explanations, guided demonstrations, and progressive skill-building. Building on core knowledge, RCCE students will learn core concepts through practical examples that connect theory to real-world security operations. By completion, students will have the foundational knowledge and hands-on confidence needed to contribute in professional cybersecurity 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 for Beginners
- Execute hands-on tasks for advanced cyber defense mastery
- Build detections and response workflows for privilege escalation
- Explain Executive Overview fundamentals
- Execute hands-on tasks for the stakes
- Execute hands-on tasks for course outcomes — covering Evidence mishandling invalidates, Identify, collect & preserve digital.
- Execute hands-on tasks for strategic importance
- Execute hands-on tasks for core definitions
- Execute hands-on tasks for digital evidence
- Execute hands-on tasks for write blocker
- Execute hands-on tasks for evidence type
- Execute hands-on tasks for collect first
- Execute hands-on tasks for evidence identification
| Module 01 | Advanced Cyber Defense Mastery |
| Module 02 | Incident Response |
| Module 03 | Executive Overview |
| Module 04 | The Stakes |
| Module 05 | Course Outcomes |
| Module 06 | Strategic Importance |
| Module 07 | Core Definitions |
| Module 08 | Digital Evidence |
| Module 09 | Write Blocker |
| Module 10 | Evidence Type |
| Module 11 | Collect First |
| Module 12 | Evidence Identification |
| Module 13 | Scene Assessment |
| Module 14 | Device Inventory |
All hands-on labs run on Rocheston Rose X OS. Students practice evidence handling for beginners by implementing the controls discussed in class, with a focus on real-world deployment, monitoring, and validation.
- Lab 1: Execute hands-on tasks for advanced cyber defense mastery
- Lab 2: Build detections and response workflows for privilege escalation
- Lab 3: Explain Executive Overview fundamentals
- Lab 4: Execute hands-on tasks for the stakes
- Lab 5: Execute hands-on tasks for course outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive an official RCCE Course Completion Certificate for Evidence handling for Beginners, 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