The U.S. Department of Homeland Security stepped in with funding to establish the National Computer Forensics Institute in order to provide this sorely needed training.

A National Computer Forensics Institute (NCFI) staff member demonstrates electronic device repair skills that are taught to law enforcement personnel at the NCFI training facility in Hoover ...

The department already offers graduate classes in computer forensics and is planning to add undergraduate classes as well. Research is another component of Purdue's computer forensic mission.

Courses will be offered in the investigation of electronic crimes, network intrusion investigation, and computer forensics. The Institute is scheduled to be complete in January 2008, with classes ...