Am 20. Apr, 2005 schwätzte Devin Rankin so:
> Well, back in 1998 when I got certified, there was only one organization doing
> the certification of examiners. The International Association of Computer
> Investigative Specialists. IACIS (www.cops.org). As the web address
> implies, it was an organization made of of law enforcement people who were
> dealing with computer crime. At the time, I was an officer with Phoenix
> Police and assigned to Computer Service Bureau. They had just tripled their
> computer forensic squad. From one to three and I was one of the new guys.
>
> At the time, certification involved a 2 week class in Florida, followed by 8
> "homework" problems that you had a year to compleat and submit back to them
> for review. If you were able to demonstrate that you knew what you were
> doing by resolving the "homework" then they would certify you as an examiner.
>
> IACIS will only allow law enforcement people to take the class. So other
> companies filled the void and started offering certification programs too.
> Some better than other of course. Encase offers several levels of training
> with their product (www.encase.com) and some community colleges are gearing
> up to offer some sort of training program.
>
> And that is more than anyone wanted to know I'm sure. :)
Actually, that's pretty much what I was looking for. Thanks for the info!
ciao,
der.hans
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