The Digital Forensics Essentials Exam comprises 75 multiple-choice questions and lasts 2 hours. Candidates must demonstrate preliminary knowledge of computer and investigative concepts, such as computer forensics investigation processes, hard disks and file systems, data acquisition, network forensics, investigating web attacks, dark web forensics, malware forensics, and more.
This exam measures skills in computer forensics, including fundamentals, the investigation process, understanding of hard disks and file systems, data acquisition and duplication, defeating anti-forensics techniques, Windows forensics, Linux and Mac forensics, network forensics, investigating web attacks, dark web forensics, investigating email crimes, and malware forensics.