Digital Forensics

Catalog description

Digital forensics are the techniques used to identify, acquire, analyze and report on computer data, and these techniques are vital to the investigation of cybercrimes. This course will introduce important theoretical concepts pertinent to the practice of digital forensics, as well as information about the capacities and limitations of contemporary digital forensics. Information about how computer data is stored as well as common techniques for retrieving it will be covered as well, along with introductions to some of the most widely used tools in digital forensics.