Network forensics Architecture Patterns: Blueprint
RCCE students will learn network forensic capture and analysis including full packet capture, network flow analysis, protocol reconstruction, network-based artifact extraction, and network timeline construction. RCCE students will learn to deploy network capture infrastructure for forensic purposes, collect full packet captures and network flow data during incident investigations, reconstruct network sessions and extract transferred files, analyze DNS queries, HTTP transactions, and encrypted traffic metadata, detect data exfiltration patterns through network forensics, build network-based attack timelines, and produce network forensic reports that complement host-based investigation findings. This architecture course teaches secure system design using proven patterns, guardrails, and reference architectures. At an expert level, 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 Network forensics Architecture Patterns: Blueprint
- Execute hands-on tasks for network forensics
- Design a scalable privilege management architecture with policy and enforcement
- Execute hands-on tasks for learning objectives
- Execute hands-on tasks for capture & collection — covering Deploy network capture infrastructure, Collect full packet captures at scale.
- Execute hands-on tasks for analysis & reconstruction — covering Reconstruct sessions and protocols, Analyze DNS, HTTP, and TLS metadata.
- Build detections and response workflows for privilege escalation, including data exfiltration patterns, and Correlate network with host evidence.
- Design a scalable privilege management architecture with policy and enforcement, including Build network attack timelines, and Produce forensic reports.
- Explain Network Forensics Foundations fundamentals
- Execute hands-on tasks for definition & scope — covering Capture, recording, analysis of network traffic, Evidence collection for security incidents.
- Execute hands-on tasks for why network forensics — covering Network data is harder to tamper with, Provides corroborating host-based evidence.
- Execute hands-on tasks for core principles — covering Completeness: capture everything relevant, Integrity: cryptographic hash verification.
- Execute hands-on tasks for forensic data types — covering Full packet captures (PCAP/PCAPng), Flow records (NetFlow v5/v9, IPFIX).
| Module 01 | Network Forensics |
| Module 02 | Architecture Patterns: Blueprint |
| Module 03 | Learning Objectives |
| Module 04 | Capture & Collection |
| Module 05 | Analysis & Reconstruction |
| Module 06 | Detection & Response |
| Module 07 | Reporting & Architecture |
| Module 08 | Network Forensics Foundations |
| Module 09 | Definition & Scope |
| Module 10 | Why Network Forensics |
| Module 11 | Core Principles |
| Module 12 | Forensic Data Types |
| Module 13 | Full packet captures (PCAP/PCAPng) |
| Module 14 | Network Evidence Hierarchy |
All hands-on labs run on Rocheston Rose X OS. Students practice network forensics architecture patterns: blueprint by implementing the controls discussed in class, with a focus on real-world deployment, monitoring, and validation.
- Lab 1: Execute hands-on tasks for network forensics
- Lab 2: Design a scalable privilege management architecture with policy and enforcement
- Lab 3: Execute hands-on tasks for learning objectives
- Lab 4: Execute hands-on tasks for capture & collection
- Lab 5: Execute hands-on tasks for analysis & reconstruction
Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive an official RCCE Course Completion Certificate for Network forensics Architecture Patterns: Blueprint, 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