Digital Forensics

Catalog description

(same as CMP_SC 4910 ; cross-leveled with INFOTC 7910 , CMP_SC 7910 ). This course introduces an overview of basic Digital Forensics procedures and techniques to enable students to perform a digital investigation of physical storage media and volume analysis, including preservation, analysis and acquisition of artifacts that resides in hard disk and random access memory, for Linux and Windows systems. Work is completed in Unix/Linux environments and in Microsoft Windows environment. Students will need to setup a virtual private infrastructure to perform multiple tasks. The course emphasizes "learning by doing" and has a 90% hands-on and 10% theory. Much of this information consists of skills and abilities that employers want and expect in the real world of IT - in a small to medium size organization. Graded on A-F basis only. Credit Hour s : 3 Prerequisites: INFOTC 3530 with a C- or better, or CMP_SC 3530 with a C- or better