We offer a 1-Day hands-on, instructor-led training for Mobile Device Investigator®. Trainees will learn how to configure Mobile Device Investigator, operate the mobile phone forensic software and interpret results.

Available Online

This course is also available online with self-paced learning via our learning management system. Start your training today to earn your MDI Certified User Certificate in about 8 hours with self-paced learning.

Course Outline

Introductions & Getting Started

• Overview of How to Use Mobile Device Investigator (also knows as MDI)
  • MDI Terminology – Artifact Captures
  • MDI Terminology – File Captures
  • MDI Search Profiles
    • General profiling
    • Child exploitation profiles

Setup and Installation

• Mobile device Investigator software installation

Connecting Phones for a Forensic Scan 

• Apple iOS configuration requirements
• Android configuration requirements
• Android driver and configuration issues

Capture: Conducting a Scan

• Case Study: Scanning an attached phone
• Case Study: Scanning phone backup

Analysis: Navigating MDI

• Navigating Scan Results
• Understanding Picture, Video, Keyword, Files and Timeline Views
• Column Settings
• Filtering Captures and Picture, Video, Keyword, Files and Timeline views
• Tagging
• Commenting

Reporting 

• Case Study: Creating appropriate reports
• Reporting – HTML
• Reporting – CSV
• Reporting – Stand-alone viewer

Advanced Concepts

• Importing Search Profiles
• Implications of thorough file identification and searching within containers
• File type creation and implications
• Searching browser cache issues
• Case Study: Knowledge check

Get in touch with us today to discuss your training needs, learn more, or set up a private training for your investigators or examiners.