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Password Recovery ToolKit and Reporting

Unlock the power of PRTK to facilitate the decryption of encrypted files and create comprehensive reports.

  • Duration

    2 weeks

  • Weekly study

    6 hours
Overview
Requirements

Use the power of PRTK to recover passwords from industry-standard applications.

This course will introduce you to PRTK, its ability to add functionality to FTK and how it can be used to enable the recovery of data and user passwords from a number of industry-standard applications. You’ll also learn about the package’s ability to create comprehensive reports.

What topics will you cover?

  • PRTK interface and its navigation
  • The identification of available password recovery modules and associated attack types
  • Importing user defined dictionaries and FTK wordlists for use in password recovery attack
  • Creating biographical dictionaries
  • Profiles
  • PRTK profile
  • AccessData methodology
  • Utility integration
  • Reporting options

Learning on this course

On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Apply the knowledge and skills necessary to install, configure and effectively use Forensic Toolkit (FTK), FTK Imager, Password Recovery Toolkit (PRTK), and Registry Viewer

Who is the course for?

Students who are keen to learn more about how to how to recover data and user passwords from industry-standard applications, and how to create comprehensive reports using PRTK.

Who developed the course?

Coventry University

Coventry secured 5 QS Stars for Teaching and Online Learning in the QS World University Ranking 2020 and has received No. 1 in the world for Massive Open Online Courses in MoocLab’s World University Ranking 2021.

  • Established

    1992

  • Location

    Coventry

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