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Child Exploitation Chat Course

The course is designed to teach investigators how to conduct undercover
online investigations in which they chat with suspects in real time. The course
will include lectures and practical exercises and provide instruction on the
following topics: HSI general authorities, technical fundamentals of the internet,
encryption and decryption, mobile messaging platforms, virtual machines,
peer-to-peer, VPNs and proxy servers, chatrooms and other online messaging
platforms, open source and social media research, online gaming platforms,
dark web forums and messaging boards, undercover activities/personas,
backstopping, setting up a workstation, SOLIS, cryptocurrency, search and
seizure of electronic evidence/computer forensics, and an overview of the
ARMOR program.

Class Size: 24

Offerings: Once a year

Locations: C3, Fairfax VA

Length of Training: 1 week