As part of our recent partnership with Cellebrite we can now offer users around the world more accessible and in-depth training opportunities. The Video Evidence Recovery and Analysis (VERA) course is one such opportunity. Leading experts in the field of video forensics have designed this hands-on training, including course materials created by our own Founder & CTO, Jimmy Schroering. This course will guide investigators, examiners, and analysts through the process of recovery and analysis of video evidence using the top technologies available in the industry.
Video Evidence Recovery and Analysis (VERA) Course
The Video Evidence Recovery and Analysis Course (VERA) is five-day intermediate level course designed to introduce investigators, examiners and analysts to digital video technology and to meet the specific needs of the digital video examiner and analyst.
Students will learn proper methods to interrogate digital video evidence while receiving guided instruction throughout the process of recovering valuable evidence from video images. The course will also focus on specialized investigative techniques for the examination of video to explore issues relating to the use of force, speed estimation and identification. A variety of DVR, body-worn and in-car video sources will be examined in depth, testing data acquisition, file identification, image accuracy, video processing work flows and report writing.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand video standards, frame rates, and aspect ratios
- Recognize compression, codecs, file formats, and containers
- Understand Digital Video Recording devices and technology
- Demonstrate Best practices and methods of video extraction
- Accurately document video extractions
- Demonstrate the hands-on use of DVR Examiner and iNPUT-ACE