Magnet certifications — MCFE, MMCE, MCCE, MCME
Magnet's AXIOM examiner credentials across computer, mobile, cloud and macOS investigations, free to anyone who has completed the paid prerequisite training courses.
Type: Vendor & tool trainingWorking practitionersLaw enforcement & investigators
Offered by Magnet Forensics
The facts
- Cost
- The certifications themselves are free — Magnet states certification is free to users who have completed the prerequisite training courses. The prerequisite courses are paid, and their prices are not stated on the certification overview, so the real cost is the training and it is unconfirmed here.Figure read 2026-09-12 from training.magnetforensics.com
- Prerequisites
- Completion of the relevant prerequisite Magnet training courses. The specific course names per credential are not set out on the overview page.
- Format
- Examination following the prerequisite training. The written-versus-practical breakdown is not published on the pages we could read — treat the format as unconfirmed.
- Length
- Not published.
- Renewal
- No renewal or expiry policy is published on the pages we could read, which is itself worth knowing.
- Accreditation
- No accreditation body is named.
- Who it suits
- An examiner in an AXIOM lab, or anyone who has already bought Magnet training and wants the credential that comes with it.
- Audience
- Working practitioners · Law enforcement & investigators
- Official page
- training.magnetforensics.com
Strengths
- Four credentials covering computer, mobile, cloud and macOS, which maps well onto where evidence actually lives now.
- No separate certification fee once the training is done.
- AXIOM is widely deployed, so the skill is directly employable in many labs.
Limitations
- Free is doing some work in the marketing: the credential is gated behind paid training, so it is bundled rather than costless.
- No renewal or expiry policy is published, which makes a Magnet certification a weaker currency signal than a credential with a documented clock.
- Tool-specific to AXIOM.
- Exam format is not publicly documented, so a candidate cannot tell in advance whether the assessment is practical or knowledge-based.
Sources
Costs, prerequisites and exam formats in this field change often, and several providers price by region, cohort or employer agreement. Every figure on this page carries the date it was read and a link to the page it was read from. Confirm current terms with the provider before you spend anything.