Memory forensics for Beginners: Mastery
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. 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. Starting from foundational concepts, 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 Memory forensics for Beginners: Mastery
- Execute hands-on tasks for memory forensics
- Explain Course Overview fundamentals
- Execute hands-on tasks for what you will learn — covering Volatile memory acquisition techniques.
- Execute hands-on tasks for course structure — covering Beginner-friendly progression.
- Execute hands-on tasks for evidence source
- Execute hands-on tasks for why it matters
- Execute hands-on tasks for key principle — covering Running processes, Data lost at power-off.
- Execute hands-on tasks for volatile (ram) — covering Lost when power removed.
- Execute hands-on tasks for non-volatile (disk) — covering Persists without power.
- Design a scalable privilege management architecture with policy and enforcement
- Execute hands-on tasks for physical memory — covering Hardware RAM modules (DIMMs).
- Execute hands-on tasks for virtual memory — covering Abstraction layer per process.
| Module 01 | Memory Forensics |
| Module 02 | Course Overview |
| Module 03 | What You Will Learn |
| Module 04 | Course Structure |
| Module 05 | Evidence Source |
| Module 06 | Why It Matters |
| Module 07 | Key Principle |
| Module 08 | Volatile (RAM) |
| Module 09 | Non-Volatile (Disk) |
| Module 10 | Memory Architecture Fundamentals |
| Module 11 | Physical Memory |
| Module 12 | Virtual Memory |
| Module 13 | Kernel Space |
| Module 14 | User Space |
All hands-on labs run on Rocheston Rose X OS. Students practice memory forensics for beginners: mastery 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: Explain Course Overview fundamentals
- Lab 3: Execute hands-on tasks for what you will learn
- Lab 4: Execute hands-on tasks for course structure
- Lab 5: Execute hands-on tasks for evidence source
Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive an official RCCE Course Completion Certificate for Memory forensics for Beginners: Mastery, 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