When a breach occurs, organisations need practitioners who can act decisively: preserving evidence, containing the threat, eradicating the attacker, and recovering operations while maintaining the chain of custody that protects legal outcomes. The DFIR professional who knows only theory is a liability in a live incident. XDFI is built for professionals who need to demonstrate practical forensic and IR capability under pressure.
Across seven instructor-led days, participants build capability across the complete DFIR lifecycle: evidence acquisition and chain of custody, Windows and Linux forensics, memory analysis with Volatility 3, network forensics, cloud incident response, mobile forensics fundamentals, malware triage, and professional incident reporting. Every session uses real artefacts, real tools, and realistic breach scenarios that mirror current threat actor post-compromise behaviour.
On Day 7, participants investigate a simulated breach scenario: acquiring and analysing evidence, developing a timeline, attributing the attacker, and producing a professional forensic investigation report and IR playbook. A senior practitioner observes methodology throughout and issues the Practitioner Assessment Report with the XDFI certificate. Aligned with NIST SP 800-61, ISO 27035, ACPO Digital Evidence Guidelines, DORA Article 17 to 23, NIS2 Article 23, UK GDPR Article 33, and NHS DSPT.
