Standard Data

Course Title:

  Computer Forensics Project

Subject Code:

  CIS

Course Number:

  1220

Course Type:

  Newly Developed

Offered Online:

  Y

Course Description:

  A capstone course project providing a realistic experience for students working in an environment to locate evidence of a crme within a computer system and prepare it for presentation at a trial or legal proceeding. Topics include: search warrants and chain/control of evidence, operating system tools and techniques, data recovery and safeguard, and presentation for trial/legal proceeding.

Class Hours:

  4

Demo Lab Hours:

  4

Pract. Lab/O.B.I.Hours:

  0

Credit Hours:

  6

   

 Prerequisites

Prerequisites

CIS   108    

 Corequisites

Corequisites

Course Guide

Competency

After Completion the student will:

Class
Hours

Demo Lab
Hours

P.Lab/
O.B.I

Search Warrants and Chain of Custody

4

2

0

      Search Warrant Documents

 

Complete necessary documents and present them to appropriate legal jurisdiction to obtain a search warrant.

      Chain of Custody

 

Document and maintain a chain of custory of evidence.

Imaging or Producing A Workable Copy

4

6

0

      Workable Copy Creation

 

Produce a working copy while protecting the contents of the original data storage device using imaging software.

Utilize Operating Systems/Tools

8

10

0

      Media Storage

 

Become familiar with the media storage device through system utilities and begin isolation of suspect partitions, folders, and files.

Localizing Suspect Data

4

4

0

      Search and Isolate Files

 

Search for data and files that may be suspect of criminal activity using operating system utilities and tools, and isolate the files for further investigation.

Utilizating Specialized Software

8

10

0

      Data Investigation Software

 

Use specialized software to aid in searching and investigating data and files that may be suspect of criminal activity.

Preparing Evidence for Trial/Legal Proceeding

8

4

0

      Data Preparation

 

Document and prepare specific data and files for judicial proceedings.

Communication Skills

4

4

0

      Project Presentation

 

Create a multimedia presentation that illustrates the project highlights and prepare a 15-minute team project demonstration for view by IT industry partners.

Suggested Resources

Suggested Resources include textbooks shown below or most current edition.

Incident Response & Computer Forensics, 2nd Edition, 2003 Mandia, Prosise ISBN 13-9780072226966