Expert training for your staff
In addition to providing full training on all our products we also offer a wide range of cell site-related training that can be delivered as closed or open courses.
A choice of location
UK courses are delivered at our offices in Letchworth, Hertfordshire or at Hitchin Priory, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. Closed courses may be delivered at a venue provided by the customer and overseas courses are generally delivered at the client’s venue.
Prices and Booking
Please contact us to discuss your training requirements. We offer discounts for multiple delegates on open courses and for closed courses delivered at your premises.
Cell Site Analysis
Our cell site analysis courses aim to provide a basic technical framework for understanding the operation of cellular networks, the capture and meaning of communications billing data, the role of forensic radio surveys and the overall benefit that communications data and cell site analysis can bring to investigations.
Explains the basic workings of a mobile network, discusses the meaning and relevance of communications data evidence – Call Detail Records (CDRs) – obtained from network operators and also shows the investigative links that can be established between CDRs, handset download data, Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) captures and other forms of evidence.
Suitable for: Frontline officers, Investigators, TLOs, Researchers, Supervisors, SIOs, Barristers, CPS case workers
This workshop is structured around a realistic robbery case and offers the opportunity to gain an understanding of the operation of a mobile network and the investigative benefits of employing cell site analysis in cases, while gaining hands-on experience of cleansing and analysing communications data and other forms of digital evidence.
Suitable for: New Analysts, Students, Investigators, SIOs
Provides a deeper understanding of the functions and operation of mobile networks. Explores the role of Radio Frequency Propagation Surveys (RFPS) surveys in cell site analysis. Offers an overview of cell site report writing and the analytical tools employed to make sense of communications data evidence
Suitable for: Communications Data Analysts, Intel Analysts, Cell Site Analysts, RFPS Engineers, SIOs
Builds on the topics covered in the Overview course and provides a deeper level of understanding of mobile network operation, the content and meaning of Call Detail Records, the investigative benefit of Radio Frequency Propagation Surveys and the types of survey that can be undertaken. Provides underpinning technical knowledge for staff who may need to give evidence in court.
Suitable for: Experienced Analysts & RFPS Engineers
Radio Frequency Propagation Surveys (RFPS)
Forensic Radio Frequency Propagation Surveys (RFPS) add empirical evidence of the coverage provided by cells used by subject phones in a case. Our RF survey courses range from simple overview sessions up to week-long, City & Guilds accredited workshops, backed up by our best-selling book Forensic Radio Survey Techniques for Cell Site Analysis (Joseph Hoy, Wiley, 2015).
Explains the basic workings of a mobile network, outlines the various types of survey techniques that are employed and offers an insight into how RFPS evidence can strengthen cases that use communications data.
Suitable for: New RF Survey Engineers, Investigators, Researchers, Communications Data Analysts, SIOs
Provides a basic grounding in radio technologies and the operation and construction of mobile networks. The course then builds on that foundation by teaching RF Survey theory and techniques and offering the opportunity to get hands on practice with a variety of forensic survey device types. We also teach basic report writing skills. This course is designed to provide entry-level training for new surveyors.
Suitable for: New RFPS Engineers
Offers follow-on training for experienced RFPS Engineers, who have gained experience of undertaking surveys and now wish to get a more technical understanding of this topic. In-depth overviews of radio technologies, cellular systems and the operation of radio cells are provided along with detailed examinations of survey techniques and survey devices. Successful completion of the course provides a City & Guilds qualification in RFPS.
Suitable for: Experienced RFPS Engineers
Provides an opportunity to spend a day with an experienced RFPS surveyor to discuss survey techniques, equipment issues, report writing and other complex topics in a focused one-to-one manner.
Suitable for: New and experienced RFPS Engineers who have specific skills that they wish to enhance
Communications Data Analysis & Call Detail Record Processing
Call Detail Records (CDRs) are the lifeblood of communications data analysis. Our range of communications data analysis courses help analysts and investigators to understand the meaning behind the CDR records, so they can piece together the detail of the events described in them and better understand how that data can aid their investigations.
Provides an overview of the basic operation of communications networks and describes the way that basic services (calls, texts, data sessions) are handled. It then looks at the various Call Detail Record (CDR) types that are generated and explains the meaning and relevance of key data fields. A brief overview of current CDR formats is provided.
Suitable for: New Communications Data Analysts, new SPoC/CDIU staff, Investigators, Researchers, SIOs
Offers an in-depth exploration of how mobile networks work and how and where call data is captured. We explore the meaning and relevance of the fields found in Call Detail Records (CDRs) and examine the investigative benefits that an understanding of the data can provide. Current CDR formats are examined in depth and exercises that offer hands-on practice of cleansing/parsing that data are undertaken. An optional extra practice day can be added.
Suitable for: New Communications Data Analysts
This course examines new and upcoming forms of communication, network types and calling techniques – 4G, 5G, VoLTE, SRVCC, Wifi Calling and VoIP among others. It provides an overview of how these new services and technologies work and looks at the Call Detail Record (CDR) data that they provide. The purpose is to prepare CD analysts for the types of data that will become common in the near future and how to extract evidence from them.
Suitable for: New and experienced Communications Data Analysts
Provides an opportunity to spend a day with an experienced Communications Data Analyst to discuss cleansing/parsing techniques, analytical methods, report writing and court presentation skills
Suitable for: New and experienced Communications Data Analysts who have specific skills that they wish to enhance
Cell Site Analysis Suite (CSAS) Training
Alongside the free introductory training provided for CSAS users we also offer a range of more advanced courses that can help users explore more features of CSAS that can be covered in initial sessions and further develop their knowledge.
Provides an in-depth review of CSAS Desktop, exploring all modules and features. Users have plenty of opportunities for hands-on practice with the software, using anonymised but real data to gain a thorough understanding of the key operations.
Suitable for: New CSAS users
This workshop provides an opportunity to get a better understanding of how CSAS processes source communications data. The course is country-specific and provides in-depth details of how the most common Call Detail Record (CDR) formats from the local operators are cleansed or parsed, what the parsing rules are and which are optional. This training is designed to provide users with the details they need to be able to answer questions about their use of CSAS.
Suitable for: New and experienced Communications Data Analysts
This course offers experienced CSAS users the opportunity to gain an understanding of the deeper functionality of the system – from improving their knowledge of the parsing / cleansing process, to making better use of CSAS Mapping and Analytics, through to being able to recommend the best configurations for CSAS to their IT support team. In short, this course turns CSAS users into CSAS Superusers!
Suitable for: Experienced Communications Data Analysts
Provides an opportunity to spend a day with an experienced CSAS trainer to discuss parsing, mapping, analytics, report writing and other complex topics in a focused one-to-one manner.
Suitable for: New and experienced CSAS users who have specific skills that they wish to enhance
Telecommunications Training
Our background is in telecoms engineering and we understand the great benefits that a good grounding in basic network technologies can provide for analysts, RFPS engineers and other forensic disciplines.
Wray Castle Ltd are the world-leaders in technical telecoms training, offering courses on topics from 2G to 5G and everything in-between. Wray Castle provide our onward progression path for those who wish to gain more in-depth technical knowledge on telecoms and internet topics.
Blue Lights Digital Ltd – are market leaders in open source intelligence and digital investigation training. Their partnerships with universities and other organisations allow them to offer widely-recognised qualifications and unbeatable domain knowledge.
This course presents a detailed examination of modern communications networks, looking at the history, development and modern implementations of landline, cellular and data networks. It provides a solid foundation of understanding of the main concepts of telecoms – circuit and packet switching, transmission and switching – and serves to underpin investigative knowledge with a bedrock of technical understanding.
Suitable for: Anyone
This course concentrates on the cellular/mobile network aspects of the Intro to Telecoms course and focuses on technical knowledge that is important to analysts and investigators who work with evidence provided from cellular networks.
Suitable for: Anyone