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Digital Forensic Expert

Helen Nguyen P.7

Description Of Career

Career

Required degree/schooling

-Requires bachelor's degree in forensic computing, computer security, or related field

-Also requires to complete a minimum number of continuing education hours in order to re-certify.

According to salary aggregator PayScale.com (2020), a computer forensic analyst in the U.S. earns a median salary of $72,929 per year with the bottom ten percent earning $49,000 and the top 10 percent earning $118,000.

Salary prospects

A Day in the Life

-not a Monday-Friday,9 to 5 schedule

- have to work long shifts at any time of the day depending on the urgency of a case

-the environment would have to be inside in a sort of a private building like investigation firms

-usually work on laptops, digital cameras, tablets, smartphones, flash drives, and more

-Recover deleted data from devices

-Collect digital evidence and maintain the chain of custody

-Determine how someone gained unlawful access to a computer system

-Put security measures into place to prevent data breaches

-Train users on proper security processes

-Protect law enforcement computer systems from data breaches

-Analyze data found in a criminal investigation

-Create reports on data recovery and analysis

-Provide expert testimony in court

Tasks

Some of colleges and universities that offer a degree related to digital forensics are:

Education

Pace University

offers a bachelor’s degree in professional technology studies with a computer forensics concentration completely online

offers a hybrid online master’s degree in digital forensics

Sam Houston State University

has a master’s degree in cybersecurity with a computer forensics specialization that is available online

Utica College

Job Benefits

-High salary

-Help investigators solve crimes by using digital softwares

Slogan

Being detectives online.

Works Cited

https://study.com/articles/How_to_Become_a_Forensic_Computer_Analyst_Career_Roadmap.html

https://www.criminaljusticeschoolinfo.com/computer-forensics-job-description.html#:~:text=A%20computer%20forensics%20investigator%20should,these%20computer%20forensics%20job%20titles.

https://resources.infosecinstitute.com/average-forensic-computer-analyst-salary-2017/#gref

Works Cited

https://www.forensicscolleges.com/blogs/15-universities-with-online-computer-forensics-programs

https://resources.infosecinstitute.com/category/computerforensics/introduction/job-outlook-forensics/

https://www.forensicscolleges.com/careers/computer-forensics-examiner#:~:text=According%20to%20salary%20aggregator%20PayScale,reporting%20directly%20to%20the%20site.

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