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Digital Forensics Laboratory
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About Product
The Digital Forensics Laboratory is an industry-aligned training and research solution designed to provide hands-on exposure to modern cybercrime investigation and digital evidence analysis. The laboratory enables learners to perform forensically sound evidence acquisition, analysis, preservation, and reporting using standard tools and methodologies, while ensuring compliance with Indian cyber laws and legal admissibility requirements. It supports academic instruction, skill development, and simulated real-world investigation scenarios across disk, memory, network, malware, mobile, and cloud forensics.
Features
1. Industry-aligned Digital Forensics Laboratory for academic teaching, training, and research
2. Hands-on exposure to digital evidence acquisition, analysis, preservation, and reporting
3. Simulation of real-world cybercrime and incident response scenarios
4. Forensically sound workflows ensuring evidence integrity and legal admissibility
5. Logical laboratory segmentation to prevent evidence cross-contamination
6. Support for disk, memory, network, malware, mobile, and cloud forensicsIntegrated virtualized forensic environments and malware sandboxes
7. Compliance with Indian cyber laws and CERT-In guidelines
8. Role-based access control and audit logging for secure laboratory operations
1. Industry-aligned Digital Forensics Laboratory for academic teaching, training, and research
2. Hands-on exposure to digital evidence acquisition, analysis, preservation, and reporting
3. Simulation of real-world cybercrime and incident response scenarios
4. Forensically sound workflows ensuring evidence integrity and legal admissibility
5. Logical laboratory segmentation to prevent evidence cross-contamination
6. Support for disk, memory, network, malware, mobile, and cloud forensicsIntegrated virtualized forensic environments and malware sandboxes
7. Compliance with Indian cyber laws and CERT-In guidelines
8. Role-based access control and audit logging for secure laboratory operations
Laboratory Architecture :
1. Evidence Acquisition Zone
2. Forensic Analysis Zone
3. Malware and Memory Analysis Zone
4. Mobile and Cloud Forensics Zone
5. Reporting and Case Management Zone
Hardware InfrastructureForensicWorkstations (10–15 systems recommended)·
Processor: Intel i7 / AMD Ryzen 7 or higher·
Memory: 32 GB RAM (64 GB recommended)·
Storage : 1TB NVMe SSD (Operating System), 2–4TB HDD/SSD (Evidence Storage), Dedicated GPU (recommended)
Servers
1. Central Evidence Repository Server
2. Case Management Server
3. Backup Server (online & offline)
ForensicAccessories·
1. Hardware Write Blockers (SATA / IDE / USB
2. Encrypted storage devices
3. External HDDs / SSDs for evidence imaging
Software EnvironmentOperatingSystems· 1) Windows 11 2) Linux (Ubuntu / Kali Linux) 3) macOS (optional)
DigitalForensics Tools·
1. DiskForensics: Autopsy, FTK Imager, X-Ways (optional)·
2. MemoryAnalysis: Volatility, Rekall·
3. NetworkForensics: Wireshark, Zeek, NetworkMiner·
4. MalwareAnalysis: Ghidra, IDA Free, Cuckoo Sandbox·
5. Mobile& Cloud Forensics: ADB, Mobile forensic plugins, cloud log analysis
Virtualization & Sandbox·
1. VMware Workstation / VirtualBox·
2. Pre-configured forensic virtual machines·
3. Isolated malware sandbox environment·
4. Snapshot-based system restoration after lab sessions
Evidence Handling & Legal Compliance·
1. Chain of custody documentation·
2. Cryptographic hashing: MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256·
3. Secure, access-controlled evidence storage·
Compliance with:
Information Technology Act, 2000
Indian Evidence Act – Section 65B
CERT-Incident Reporting Guidelines
1. Evidence Acquisition Zone
2. Forensic Analysis Zone
3. Malware and Memory Analysis Zone
4. Mobile and Cloud Forensics Zone
5. Reporting and Case Management Zone
Hardware InfrastructureForensicWorkstations (10–15 systems recommended)·
Processor: Intel i7 / AMD Ryzen 7 or higher·
Memory: 32 GB RAM (64 GB recommended)·
Storage : 1TB NVMe SSD (Operating System), 2–4TB HDD/SSD (Evidence Storage), Dedicated GPU (recommended)
Servers
1. Central Evidence Repository Server
2. Case Management Server
3. Backup Server (online & offline)
ForensicAccessories·
1. Hardware Write Blockers (SATA / IDE / USB
2. Encrypted storage devices
3. External HDDs / SSDs for evidence imaging
Software EnvironmentOperatingSystems· 1) Windows 11 2) Linux (Ubuntu / Kali Linux) 3) macOS (optional)
DigitalForensics Tools·
1. DiskForensics: Autopsy, FTK Imager, X-Ways (optional)·
2. MemoryAnalysis: Volatility, Rekall·
3. NetworkForensics: Wireshark, Zeek, NetworkMiner·
4. MalwareAnalysis: Ghidra, IDA Free, Cuckoo Sandbox·
5. Mobile& Cloud Forensics: ADB, Mobile forensic plugins, cloud log analysis
Virtualization & Sandbox·
1. VMware Workstation / VirtualBox·
2. Pre-configured forensic virtual machines·
3. Isolated malware sandbox environment·
4. Snapshot-based system restoration after lab sessions
Evidence Handling & Legal Compliance·
1. Chain of custody documentation·
2. Cryptographic hashing: MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256·
3. Secure, access-controlled evidence storage·
Compliance with:
Information Technology Act, 2000
Indian Evidence Act – Section 65B
CERT-Incident Reporting Guidelines
1. Disk Imaging and Hash Verification
2. Deleted File Recovery
3. Windows Registry Analysis
4. Timeline and Event Correlation
5. Memory Dump Investigation
6. Network Traffic Analysis
7. Ransomware Investigation
8. Mobile Device Data Extraction
9. Email Header and Log Analysis
10. Incident Response Report Writing
2. Deleted File Recovery
3. Windows Registry Analysis
4. Timeline and Event Correlation
5. Memory Dump Investigation
6. Network Traffic Analysis
7. Ransomware Investigation
8. Mobile Device Data Extraction
9. Email Header and Log Analysis
10. Incident Response Report Writing
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