Rocheston Certified Cybercrime Investigator (RCCI)

Attackers try to leave as little trace as possible. They delete files, clear logs, use legitimate tools, and move through cloud services and personal devices that sit outside traditional monitoring. Investigators who understand how attackers think and operate know where traces survive anyway. RCCI training builds that understanding. The Rocheston Certified Cybercrime Investigator (RCCI) course is a five-day, hands-on programme in digital forensics, incident response, evidence acquisition, chain of custody, timeline reconstruction and court-ready reporting.

Understanding the attacker shapes every step. Knowing that a phishing email often leads to credential theft, then unauthorised file access, then possible exfiltration tells an investigator which records to collect and in what order. RCCI therefore combines attacker knowledge with strict forensic methods. Learners start with evidence handling, privacy, and chain of custody, then move on to forensic imaging and hash verification, and finally analyse file systems, deleted data, the registry, logs, and metadata to build timelines.

Specialised investigations broaden the scope to fraud, phishing, insider threats, cloud, mobile, dark web, cryptocurrency and social media cases. Six investigation tracks, with more than 50 specialisations, support them, from financial cybercrime to emerging technology such as IoT and industrial control systems. The Operation Silent Trace capstone brings it all together in a simulated breach.

Labs run on Rocheston Winston OS, a forensic environment preloaded with investigation tools, using only simulated, redacted, or legally permitted material.

For enterprises, the result is investigations that hold up. Teams can establish what happened, support legal, regulatory, or disciplinary action, and turn findings into stronger network security and incident response. Rocheston’s wider portfolio appears on our Rocheston cybersecurity certifications page.

Course Structure and Key Details

Rocheston Certified Cybercrime Investigator training runs over five days, following an investigation from first principles to final report. Day 1 covers cybercrime, law, ethics, evidence handling, privacy, and chain of custody. Day 2 covers incident response, containment, forensic imaging and hash verification. Day 3 covers file systems, deleted data, the registry, logs, metadata and timeline reconstruction. Day 4 is dedicated to specialised investigations into fraud, phishing, insider threats, cloud, mobile, dark web, cryptocurrency and social media. Day 5 covers court-ready reporting, the Operation Silent Trace capstone and exam preparation.

The content is organised into six investigation tracks with more than 50 specialisations. Financial Cybercrime addresses online banking and card fraud, money laundering, cryptocurrency, smart contracts and online gambling. Identity, Social Media and Online Abuse addresses identity theft, cyberstalking, extortion, harassment and privacy violations. Enterprise Cybercrime covers data breaches, insider threats, sabotage, espionage, backdoors, phishing, botnets and denial of service. Device and Network Forensics covers mobile devices, network traffic, wireless, VoIP and CCTV evidence. Cloud, Web and Database Evidence covers cloud storage, web applications and databases. Emerging Technology reaches IoT, SCADA and industrial control systems, autonomous vehicles and wearables.

The Operation Silent Trace capstone presents a simulated breach involving phishing, credential theft, unauthorised file access and possible exfiltration. Learners submit a chain-of-custody form, evidence inventory, acquisition notes, timeline, findings report with executive summary, and a court-readiness checklist.

Rocheston offers RCCI as live instructor-led training, blended learning, or self-paced study on Cyberclass, with labs on Rocheston Winston OS. The course is not for IT beginners. Rocheston recommends basic cybersecurity concepts, operating systems and file systems, networking, logs and user activity, basic incident response, and awareness of the legal sensitivity of evidence. Law enforcement experience is not required.

The RCCI exam contains 100 questions in multiple-choice, true/false, and short-answer formats, with two hours allowed and a 70% passing score. It is delivered online with RamSys proctoring, and registration is through cert.rochester.com. A certificate is issued after passing and can be verified through Rocheston Roxy. Recommended next steps are RCCE Level 2, CCO, and RCAI. Delivery format, dates, and exam inclusion vary by training package, so confirm them with our team when you enquire.

Course Objectives

• Explain how attackers conceal activity and where evidence of it typically survives.
• Apply cybercrime law, ethics, privacy and chain of custody throughout an investigation.
• Acquire forensic images and prove their integrity with hash verification.
• Analyse file systems, deleted data, registry entries, logs and metadata.
• Reconstruct incidents as evidence-backed timelines.
• Investigate financial, identity, enterprise, cloud, mobile, and emerging technology cybercrime.
• Coordinate forensic preservation with incident response and containment.
• Deliver court-ready reports, including an executive summary and supporting evidence package.