1. What is the difference between The Official EnCE Study Guide and the Forensic Secrets eBook?
I am frequently asked what the difference is between the Forensic Secrets eBook and The Official EnCE Study Guide (Bunting, Wei). I will first say that The Official EnCE Study Guide is an excellent resource for the EnCE. It provides content that is relevant for both the written portion of the exam and the EnCE practical exam.
I want to be sure to phrase this properly because I don’t want to suggest there is a problem with the text, but the “issue” that I had and the reason that I developed the Forensic Secrets eBook is that the Official EnCE Study Guide is a 500+ page textbook. I was looking for a concise manual for conducting some of the exercises that are necessary to pass the EnCE practical.
The Forensic Secrets eBook consists of 145 PowerPoint slides (in PDF format) that explain how to do the operations that are necessary to complete the EnCE practical exam. It also serves as an excellent reference for those of us performing computer forensic examinations in the field. As an example, how often do you have to determine the Current Control Set within the registry?
Personally, I don’t do it often enough to remember how to do it off the top of my head. The Forensic Secrets eBook includes all of the steps for doing this on one slide. So I find that even as the author of the ebook, I refer to it quite frequently.
As I’ve stated before, The Official EnCE Study Guide is an excellent resource for the EnCE, particularly the written portion of the exam. I attended the EnCE Prep Course offerred by Guidance Software and used the Study Guide to augment what I learned in class. If you can confidently answer the questions at the end of each chapter, you will be well on your way to passing the written portion of the EnCE exam.
My recommendation would be to purchase The Official EnCE Study Guide and the Forensic Secrets eBook together. It is roughly an $100 investment in your future that will pay for itself over and over again. Combined, they are the best resources on the market for passing the EnCE and joining the ranks of EnCase Certified Examiners!
2. What are the terms of the money-back guarantee on the Forensic Secrets eBook?
We are so confident that the Forensic Secrets ebook will help you in the course of completing the EnCE practical exam and will continue to be an invaluable resource in your library that we offer a money-back guarantee. If you find otherwise, please contact us to discuss a refund of your full purchase price. To qualify for the refund, you must provide a copy of the email from Guidance Software indicating that you passed the written portion of the exam and a copy of the email from Guidance Software indicating that you failed the practical portion of the exam. Both must be dated within six months of the date that you purchased the Forensic Secrets eBook.
3. Is the Forensic Secrets eBook a cheat-sheet or braindump of the EnCE exam?
Absolutely not. The Forensic Secrets eBook does not contain reference to a single question tested on the EnCE Practical Exam and in no way compromises the integrity of the exam. What it does contain, though, is a thorough description of the techniques and procedures that are useful for all computer forensic investigations and that you may need while completing the EnCE practical exam. The eBook also contains concise definitions of disk\partition structures, internet cookie naming conventions as well as password-guessing suggestions and guidelines.
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