Advanced Digital Forensics

Catalog description

PREREQUISITES: SDEV 120 - Computing Logic and CSIA 105 - Introduction to Cyber Security/Information Assurance and (ITSP 132 IT Support Essentials I and ITSP 134 IT Support Essentials II). CATALOG DESCRIPTION: Provides students with practical comprehension of the process and ethics within digital forensics and evidence analysis. Students will acquire hands-on experience with forensic investigation techniques and standard tools, Linux and Windows, necessary to successfully carry-out a digital investigation. This forensics course gives students the skills necessary to identify, track, and process evidence, excel in digital evidence acquisition/handling, forensic tools (PTK, FTK, Kali tools, and more) and lawful analysis in a forensically sound manner. Successful students of this course are able to approach a mock crime scene as a final exam and process it for a mock court of law as a case study milestone objective. The entire portfolio of the case such as, chain of custody forms, prelim analysis, notes, photos, forensics field kit tools used, and more, are the final submission, along with a visual score of how and in what order the student processed the scene.