digital forensics expert

Digital forensics experts retrieve and analyse information from computers and other types of data storage devices. They examine digital media that may have been hidden, encrypted or damaged, in a forensic manner with the aim to identify, preserve, recover, analyse and present facts and opinions about the digital information.

Alternative Labels

computer forensics consultant

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computer forensics investigator

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cybersecurity analyst

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ICT forensics expert

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Regulatory Aspect

To see if and how this occupation is regulated in EU Member States, EEA countries or Switzerland please consult the Regulated Professions Database of the Commission. Regulated Professions Database:

http://ec.europa.eu/growth/single-market/services/free-movement-professionals/qualifications-recognition_en

Skills & Competences

Essential Skills and Competences

apply reverse engineering develop information security strategy educate on data confidentiality establish an ICT security prevention plan gather data for forensic purposes identify ICT security risks identify ICT system weaknesses implement ICT network diagnostic tools manage IT security compliances manage data for legal matters perform ICT security testing perform forensic preservations of digital devices present evidence provide ICT consulting advice secure sensitive customer's information use scripting programming use software for data preservation use technology for forensics

Essential Knowledge

GDPR ICT infrastructure ICT network security risks ICT security legislation ICT security standards attack vectors audit techniques check methods computer forensics cyber attack counter-measures cyber security digital data processing forensic intelligence information confidentiality levels of software testing operating systems penetration testing tool query languages resource description framework query language security engineering security threats tools for ICT test automation

Optional Skills and Competences

analyse network configuration and performance collect cyber defence data design computer network implement ICT security policies manage cloud data and storage perform data mining use different communication channels

Optional Knowledge

Aircrack (penetration testing tool) Backbox (penetration testing tool) BlackArch Cain and Abel (penetration testing tool) ICT encryption John The Ripper (penetration testing tool) Kali Linux LDAP LINQ MDX Maltego Metasploit N1QL Nessus Nexpose OWASP ZAP Parrot Security OS SPARQL Samurai Web Testing Framework THC Hydra WhiteHat Sentinel Wireshark XQuery cloud technologies data storage hardware architectures hardware platforms information architecture information security strategy legal requirements of ICT products

Skills & Competences

Concept status

Concept Uri

http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/0c448a27-10ec-43ba-b880-d9938bade424

Status

released

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