Hi Daniel, Well there are no REAL courses ive come across available in Australia that would give you a foot-in in this industry. Infact its quite hard to find anyone providing proper forensic IT services / expert IT witness apart from large law and consulting firms (except the company i work for) and they normally ship people here to train or send their staff overseas. I personally got into the field via harddisk recovery (another hard field to get into in .AU)and though i have no certification of any kind (i didnt even finish high school) the main thing that got my the job was 8 years solid experience in the IT industry. Courses in forensic accounting and such may be useful for evidence gathering etc but really the precedents are still being set here and i think you will find it hard to get into this type of position due to the lack of companies that provide this type of service (they can probably be counted on one hand) or even rarer companies that specialise in it (there is only one i can think of). Feel free to contact me off list if you require futher info. Adam Daniel Tech Consultant ForensicDataServices Australia. > Hi All, > > Lurk turned poster. > > I have to say this mailing list has turned into a wealth of knowledge. > > I am currently a Information Technology Graduate who is not studying > Justice Studies (security + intelligence) at the university I work for. I > was thinking about doing a masters in Information Technology and focusing > on security but i had the fear that this would be too involved in specific > protocols (encrypted transport and smart cards) rather than methodologies > themselves. I have found the security degree is giving me insights into > proper procedures and policies and also management practices. Only being 7 > weeks into the course I wont dare say i am an expert in the field but I > believe that the approach I took to training was a fairly unique one and I > believe it was the right path for me. Can anyone else explain how they got > into forensic computing and if there are any tips i should be aware of ? > > Where to from here. At present i am doing a Graduate Certificate (4 > subjects relating to security) then i wish to go onto a masters in course > work. With the Information Technology sections of this course being very > brief I do a lot of my own research. Does anyone else have any suggestions > as to what i should do to get my credibility and experience in the field of > Forensic Computing? > > Thanks in advance, > > Daniel Heinonen > Computer Systems Officer > Queensland University of Technology >
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