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Digital Forensics

Investigator

At a Glance What Does a

Digital Forensics Digital Forensics
Investigator Investigator Do?

Minimum Educational A digital forensics investigator is
Requirements a detective who solves crimes
Bachelor’s degree that involve computers, the Inter-
Personal Qualities net, or mobile devices. “It’s kind
A passion for justice, attention of like CSI but with computers,”
to detail says Chris Kimmel, referring to the
Certification and Licensing popular TV drama. Kimmel earned
GCFA, GCFE, CHFI, and his degree in digital forensics and
more
talked about the work in a video by
Working Conditions the Career Zoo. Other titles for this
Often requires travel and court role include forensic computer ex-
appearances
aminer or computer forensics ana-
Salary Range lyst, specialist, or technician. This
Around $42,927 to $114,750
job links two separate industries:
Number of Jobs criminal justice and cybersecurity.
Around 15,400 in the United On the criminal justice side,
States as of 2016*
digital forensics investigators be-
Future Job Outlook long to a larger category of foren-
Growth of 17 percent through
2026* sic science technicians, or people
who analyze evidence in order to
* Numbers come from the Bureau of Labor help solve a crime. In cybersecu-
Statistics listing for forensic science
technicians, a category that includes digital rity, the job overlaps with the role
forensics investigators.
of cyber incident responder, as

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