Cybersecurity Forensic Engineer

Forensic Engineers acquire, recover and analyze data related to cyber breaches, attacks, and company investigations and discovery initiatives.

Role overview

A Cybersecurity Forensic Engineer is part of the cybersecurity and investigation teams, responsible for acquiring and analyzing information and applying advanced analysis skills to support or contest cyber event timelines. They often work to recover hidden, encrypted, or deleted information to safeguard the integrity of data.

Cybersecurity Forensic Engineers

may also be referred to as:

Computer Crime Specialist

Computer Cyber Specialist

Computer Forensic Investigator

Cyber Crime Investigator

Cyber Defense Forensic Analyst

Cyber Forensics Analyst

Cybercrime Investigator Intern

DFIR Engineer

Digital Forensic Analyst

Digital Forensic Detective

Digital Forensic Examiner

Digital Forensic Investigator

Forensic Analyst

Forensic Engineer

Forensic Investigator

Forensic Specialist

Mobile Device Forensic Analyst

Network Forensic Analyst

Security Forensic Analyst

Security Operations Forensic And SIEM Engineer

Threat Computer Forensic And Intrusion Analyst

Career Path

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Average Salary

Based upon experience, salary for this role ranges from:

$112,500

National Average

$131,250

$150,000

* based upon those with two plus years of cybersecurity experience

Responsibilities

• Investigating cybersecurity crime and incidents.

• Securing tamper-proof access to devices, systems, and networks that hold digital evidence related to any investigations.

• Finding and following data trails to link suspects to other dangerous parties.

• Recovering hidden, encrypted, or deleted information.

• Offering security insight to law enforcement personnel and prosecutors regarding their digital evidence.

• Interviewing cybercrime suspects or victims.

• Helping to prepare evidence before criminal trials.

• Creating reports of their findings and presenting them when necessary.

Tools & Environment

Cybersecurity Forensic Engineers need to use advanced digital storage tools, operating systems, programming, and hacking techniques. They also need to handle retrieved and recovered data, with a detailed understanding of the latest malware and the legal aspects of criminal investigations.

Certifications

Category	Organization	Certification
Defense	SECO-Institute	S-ISF
Defense	SECO-Institute	S-ISP
Plan	SECO-Institute	S-ISME
Manage	SECO-Institute	S-CISO
Defense	SECO-Institute	S-ITSF
Defense	SECO-Institute	S-ITSP
Defense	SECO-Institute	S-ITSE
Manage	SECO-Institute	S-CITSO
Compliance	SECO-Institute	S-DPF
Compliance	SECO-Institute	S-DPP
Category	Organization