Zero-Trust Approach to Network forensics
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 zero-trust course applies modern security principles including least privilege, continuous verification, and explicit trust evaluation. Starting from foundational concepts, RCCE students will learn to implement zero-trust architectures that assume breach and verify every access request regardless of network location. Students build practical zero-trust implementations that align with organizational security modernization goals.
- Security Engineers building defensive controls
- Security Analysts and Blue Team members
- Systems Administrators with security responsibilities
- GRC and Risk Professionals supporting controls
- Professionals implementing Zero-Trust Approach to Network forensics
- Apply zero-trust principles to privilege decisions and elevation
- Execute hands-on tasks for network forensics
- Build detections and response workflows for privilege escalation
- Explain Course Overview fundamentals
- Execute hands-on tasks for what you will learn
- Apply zero-trust principles to privilege decisions and elevation, including Full packet capture and flow analysis, and Least privilege applied to forensics.
- Execute hands-on tasks for topic map: 18 core subtopics
- Execute hands-on tasks for 1. network forensics fundamentals
- Design a scalable privilege management architecture with policy and enforcement
- Execute hands-on tasks for 3. network capture infrastructure
- Execute hands-on tasks for 5. network flow analysis
- Execute hands-on tasks for 6. protocol reconstruction
| Module 01 | Zero-Trust Approach to |
| Module 02 | Network Forensics |
| Module 03 | Digital Forensics & Incident Response |
| Module 04 | Course Overview |
| Module 05 | What You Will Learn |
| Module 06 | Zero-Trust Integration |
| Module 07 | Topic Map: 18 Core Subtopics |
| Module 08 | 1. Network Forensics Fundamentals |
| Module 09 | 2. Zero-Trust Architecture Principles |
| Module 10 | 3. Network Capture Infrastructure |
| Module 11 | 5. Network Flow Analysis |
| Module 12 | 6. Protocol Reconstruction |
| Module 13 | 7. Network Artifact Extraction |
| Module 14 | Network Forensics Fundamentals |
All hands-on labs run on Rocheston Rose X OS. Students practice zero-trust approach to network forensics by implementing the controls discussed in class, with a focus on real-world deployment, monitoring, and validation.
- Lab 1: Apply zero-trust principles to privilege decisions and elevation
- Lab 2: Execute hands-on tasks for network forensics
- Lab 3: Build detections and response workflows for privilege escalation
- Lab 4: Explain Course Overview fundamentals
- Lab 5: Execute hands-on tasks for what you will learn
Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive an official RCCE Course Completion Certificate for Zero-Trust Approach to Network forensics, 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