Digital forensics (OpenLearn)
2016
Access and status
Cost
Free
Free to read or download at source. No account, no purchase.
Status
Current
Current as at the verification date below. Standards and tools both move — confirm at source before you rely on it.
What it is
A free eight-hour online unit from The Open University on its OpenLearn platform, classified as Level 3 (advanced undergraduate entry), with a free statement of participation on completion.
Who it is for, and when
Genuinely free with no payment step and no upsell, which is rare. It is useful as a structured academic framing of the discipline — evidence, process, proportionality — for someone coming from law rather than from IT, and the statement of participation is worth something on a CV where nothing else is. Published March 2016, last updated June 2019.
What it does not cover
It has not been updated since 2019, so tool and platform references are stale and there is nothing on mobile, cloud or modern endpoint artifacts. There are no hands-on labs and no exercises against real images.
Go to the source
Open at open.edu (opens in a new tab)https://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/digital-forensics/content-section-0
Details
- Type
- Free training
- Written for
- New to the fieldNew to the field
- Year
- 2016
- Topics
- free-training, training, imaging
- Checked at source
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