Next Gen Chip-off / Chip-on

This course provides attendees with a comprehensive education into conducting advanced data extractions from electronic devices using the chip-off and chip-on methods.

Description

*Please Note: All prices listed are in USD 

The Teel Technologies Next Generation Chip on/ Chip off course provides digital forensic examiners, investigators, and technicians with a comprehensive education in the method for chip off and chip off/ chip on processes. 

Students will gain the necessary skills in how to approach, handle, and extract data using the chip off and chip off/ chip on processes. 

Through a combination of lectures, instructor demonstrations, and hands on practical exercises, students will learn the indispensable skill of removing a memory chip or removing and reattaching an integrated circuit to a printed circuit board, which is a necessary skill when dealing with today’s data extraction options.  Utilizing state of the art equipment, students will learn and understand the different chip off methods and when to apply each method.  Students will also learn troubleshooting techniques that can be applied to fix technician errors that occurred during the process. 

 

You Will Be Able To:

  • Identify device memory
  • Remove and read flash memory for various electronic media
  • Use chip reading adapter and programmers to acquire device memory
  • Troubleshoot unreadable memory
  • Reattach device memory to a printed circuit board

Who Should Attend:

  • Investigators
  • Digital Forensic Examiners
  • Evidence Technicians
  • Intelligence officials

Course Itinerary

Educational modules include, but are not limited to:

  • Understanding flash memory and its structure
  • Researching devices and integrated circuits
  • Cutting edge and best practice techniques for chip removal and chip attachment
  • When and how to conduct heat and non-heat chip removals
  • Removal methods based on specific device types
  • Introduction to monolithic devices
  • Challenges to rebuilding NAND flash images
  • Soldering techniques
  • Chip-off equipment and hardware/software options
  • New tools and techniques for chip-off and chip-on
  • When, how, and why to apply the chip-off / chip-on process
  • Understanding when NOT to use the chip-off process
  • Understanding when to modify the chip-off process
  • Data analysis options for unsupported data extractions

Laptop Requirements

  • Windows PC with two (2) USB A ports.
  • Windows OS
  • macOS with Bootcamp Windows
  • macOS alone will not work (No Virtual Machines)
  • 8GB RAM (minimum)
  • 100GB storage (minimum)
  • You must have admin rights or have the admin password for software installation.
  • NOTE: ALL Windows updates should be done prior to class.
Optional
  • Cellebrite P.A. Dongle
  • Encase, FTK, X-Ways Dongle
  • Access to a HEX editor
  • External USB 3.0 Storage Device

Included with Training

  • iFixIt Essentials Electronic Kit
  • TeelTech Next Generation Chip Off/ Chip On Course Certification
  • SQLite Forensic Toolkit
  • 40 Hours of instruction

Prerequisites

  • Foundational knowledge of digital forensics
  • Prior experience handling digital/ mobile devices
  • Prior micro soldering experience is recommended, but not required

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