Memory forensics Operations Playbook
RCCE students will learn volatile memory acquisition and analysis including RAM capture techniques, process enumeration, network connection analysis, code injection detection, rootkit discovery, and malware artifact extraction from memory. RCCE students will learn to use memory forensics tools to acquire memory images from live systems, analyze process trees for suspicious parent-child relationships, detect hidden and injected processes, extract encryption keys and credentials from memory, identify command and control communications, reconstruct attacker activity from memory artifacts, and integrate memory forensics findings into broader incident investigation timelines. This operations-focused course delivers production-ready playbooks, checklists, and standard operating procedures. At an expert level, 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 Memory forensics Operations Playbook
- Execute hands-on tasks for memory forensics
- Execute hands-on tasks for operations playbook
- Explain Course Overview & Objectives fundamentals
- Execute hands-on tasks for memory acquisition
- Execute hands-on tasks for threat discovery — covering Memory Analysis.
- Execute hands-on tasks for why memory forensics matters
- Execute hands-on tasks for fileless malware
- Execute hands-on tasks for encryption keys — covering Lives entirely in RAM, Keys exist only in memory.
- Execute hands-on tasks for evades traditional av/edr — covering Keys exist only in memory.
- Execute hands-on tasks for active connections — covering Live C2 sessions visible.
- Design a scalable privilege management architecture with policy and enforcement
- Execute hands-on tasks for user-space processes
| Module 01 | Memory Forensics |
| Module 02 | Operations Playbook |
| Module 03 | Course Overview & Objectives |
| Module 04 | Memory Acquisition |
| Module 05 | Threat Discovery |
| Module 06 | Why Memory Forensics Matters |
| Module 07 | Fileless Malware |
| Module 08 | Encryption Keys |
| Module 09 | Evades traditional AV/EDR |
| Module 10 | Active Connections |
| Module 11 | Volatile Memory Architecture |
| Module 12 | User-Space Processes |
| Module 13 | Kernel Objects |
| Module 14 | Network Structures |
All hands-on labs run on Rocheston Rose X OS. Students practice memory forensics 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 memory forensics
- Lab 2: Execute hands-on tasks for operations playbook
- Lab 3: Explain Course Overview & Objectives fundamentals
- Lab 4: Execute hands-on tasks for memory acquisition
- Lab 5: Execute hands-on tasks for threat discovery
Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive an official RCCE Course Completion Certificate for Memory forensics 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