Technical AI and engineering pathways
Digital Forensics and Incident Response
A sixteen-week forensics and incident-response pathway sharing the same opening foundation as the cybersecurity track. Learners cover chain of custody and imaging, operating-system artifacts across Windows, Linux and macOS, unified timelines and rapid triage, memory forensics, malware analysis, mobile and cloud artifacts, parser development and provenance, closing on defensible reporting and incident-response playbooks. AI-assisted triage sits inside the evidence pipeline, with validation and audit policy taught alongside it.
- Who it's for
- Emerging forensic analysts, incident responders, universities, public agencies, and employers building investigative and evidence-handling capability.
- Problem it solves
- Investigations fail on process rather than tooling: evidence handled without provenance, timelines that cannot be reconstructed, and reports that do not hold up under scrutiny.
Course profile
Problem solved
Curriculum that turns interest into usable capability.
What learners produce
Artifacts that can be inspected, coached, and improved.
- Validated forensic image with custody record
- Unified incident timeline
- Custom parser with provenance documentation
- Defensible investigation report
Why license it
Built for delivery, adaptation, and local relevance.
- National DFIR capability programme
- Public-agency investigative training
- University forensics track
- Employer incident-response bench
Course architecture
What the course covers.
Each LevelUp course combines practical instruction, guided application, and evidence of learning that partners can adapt to local economic priorities.
Module 01
Chain of custody, imaging, and OS artifacts
Module 02
Timelines, rapid triage, and AI-assisted evidence pipelines
Module 03
Memory, malware, mobile, and cloud forensics
Module 04
Parser development, provenance, and defensible reporting
Learning outcomes
What participants can do afterwards.
- Acquire and validate evidence under chain of custody
- Reconstruct a unified timeline across sources
- Analyse memory, malware, mobile, and cloud artifacts
- Write a report that holds up under scrutiny
Bring this course to your community
License, adapt, or embed this curriculum inside a broader talent system.
LevelUp can support curriculum licensing, instructor enablement, partner delivery design, and employer-aligned implementation planning.