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PROGRAMME OVERVIEW 

Digital Forensics • Fraud Investigations Africa's Frontline Response to Digital Fraud Cyber Secured Africa's Digital Forensics  Fraud Investigations curriculum is a two-phase certification programme designed to equip investigators, law-enforcement officers, compliance professionals and cybersecurity practitioners with practical, court-admissible skills to combat the rapidly evolving landscape of digital fraud on the African continent. The programme blends structured classroom learning, hands-on labs, real-case simulations, and a supervised internship — producing graduates who can immediately contribute to fraud response teams within financial institutions, law-enforcement agencies, telcos, regulators, and private investigation firms. 

PHASE 1

Digital Forensics • Fraud Investigations Foundations of Digital Forensics Duration: 2–3 months + 1 month supervised internship with our abroad companies.

Module 1

Introduction to Cyber Fraud • Anatomy of fraud: BEC, romance scams, SIM-swap, mobile-money fraud, phishing kits • Threat actors, kill-chain and evidence trail for African fraud ecosystems • Legal frameworks: EFCC, Malabo Convention, GDPR-adjacent African data laws • Chain of custody, evidence handling & courtroom testimony fundamentals 

Module 2 

Computer Forensics • Forensic imaging (dd, FTK Imager, Guymager) & write-blocker workflows • File systems, artifact analysis (Windows registry, prefetch, LNK, $MFT) • Autopsy / The Sleuth Kit  timeline reconstruction & keyword search • Memory forensics with Volatility; deleted-file recovery

Module 3 

Mobile Forensics Digital Forensics • Fraud Investigations • iOS & Android acquisition (logical, file-system, physical, chip-off overview) • Cellebrite / MSAB XRY / Magnet AXIOM — practical extraction & reporting • App artifacts, cloud-sync, encryption bypass & keystore analysis • SIM cards, IMEI/IMSI tracing, dual-SIM & burner-phone investigation

Module 4

Network Forensics • Packet capture & analysis (Wireshark, tcpdump, Zeek) • Log correlation across firewalls, proxies, SIEM & NetFlow • Malware C2 tracing, DNS tunnelling & exfiltration detection • Incident-response playbooks for fraud-driven intrusions Internship (1 month, supervised) Placement with a partner unit  a bank fraud desk, EFCC/CBN affiliate task-force, telco fraud team, or licensed private investigation firm. Learners work live cases under mentor supervision, produce forensic reports, and defend findings in a mock trial 

PHASE 2

Digital Forensics • Fraud Investigations OSINT & Advanced Fraud Investigation Duration: 2–3 months of specialised training 

Phase 2 elevates investigators into the world of Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT), digital surveillance, and cross-border fraud tracing. Learners master the tradecraft used by financial-crime units, threat-intelligence teams and elite investigators to identify perpetrators, map criminal networks, and recover stolen assets — all while remaining within legal and ethical bounds. 

Module 5

Surveillance, Tracing & Tracking • OSINT frameworks (Maltego, SpiderFoot, IntelTechniques, OSINT Framework) • Digital footprint mapping across social platforms & the deep/dark web • Geolocation, EXIF & image-based intelligence • Ethics, operational security (OPSEC) and legal boundaries 

Module 6 

Email Investigations • Header analysis, SPF / DKIM / DMARC validation • Tracing BEC & spear-phishing campaigns to source infrastructure • Email server logs, cloud-mail (M365, Google Workspace) forensic acquisition • Correlation with domain, WHOIS and passive-DNS intelligence cybersecuredafrica.com Curriculum Brochure • 2026 Page 4 CYBER SECURED AFRICA 

Module 7 — Financial Investigations Digital Forensics • Fraud Investigations • Following the money: bank statements, mobile-money (M-Pesa, MoMo, OPay) trails • Cryptocurrency tracing — Chainalysis / TRM / open-source blockchain explorers • Beneficial-ownership analysis, shell entities & typology recognition • SAR/STR reporting standards and evidence packages for prosecution 

Module 8 — WhatsApp Forensics • WhatsApp database structures (msgstore.db, wa.db), key extraction & decryption • Deleted-message recovery, media artifacts, group metadata • Backup analysis: iCloud, Google Drive & local encrypted backups • Authentication of conversations for evidentiary use

 Module 9 — CDR (Call Detail Record) Investigations • Requesting, parsing and normalising CDRs from African telcos • Cell-site analysis, tower dumps and geolocation reasoning • Link analysis with i2 Analyst's Notebook / open-source alternatives • Timeline & pattern-of-life reconstruction for suspect profiling Phase 2 Learning Outcomes Conduct end-to-end OSINT and financial-crime investigations • Trace fraud proceeds across banks, mobile-money and blockchain • Authenticate WhatsApp and email evidence • Reconstruct suspect movements using CDR analysis cybersecuredafrica.com Curriculum Brochure • 2026 

 CYBER SECURED AFRICA INVESTMENT & SCHOLARSHIPS

 Programme Fees Digital Forensics • Fraud Investigations Fees are quoted in Euro (€) and payable per phase. A limited number of scholarship slots are available for candidates who commit to the full two-phase programme. 

Phase 1 Only €400 Foundations of Digital Forensics 3 months + internship inclusive. 

Phase 2 Only €400 OSINT & Advanced Fraud Investigations • Standalone: €400 per phase — pay-as-you-progress. • Bundle (both phases): €800 standard. Full Programme (Scholarship) €550 Both phases — save €250 Limited scholarship slots • Scholarship pathway: €550 for the entire two-phase programme (a €250 saving) for approved candidates. •

Fees include all classroom sessions, lab access, digital-toolkit licences (student-tier), certification exam, and internship placement (Phase 1). • Instalment plans are available on request. Group and corporate rates on application. Who Should Enrol • Law-enforcement officers, EFCC / ICPC / police investigators, prosecutors • Bank fraud, AML, compliance & risk analysts • Telco fraud-management teams and regulators • Corporate investigators, auditors and internal-affairs officers • Cybersecurity graduates seeking a specialisation in forensics cybersecuredafrica.com Curriculum Brochure • 2026-2027

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