SYLLABUS: CYBER01omug COMPUTER FORENSICS

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Course description

Digital forensics involves the investigation of computer-related crimes with the goal of obtaining evidence to be presented in a court of law.

In this course, we will teach the principles and techniques for digital forensics investigation and the spectrum of available computer forensics tools. We will teach about core forensics procedures to ensure court admissibility of evidence, as well as the legal and ethical implications. Learners will see how to perform a forensic investigation on both Unix/Linux and Windows systems with different file systems, and be guided through forensic procedures and review and analyze forensics reports.

Learners will also have opportunities to try out different tools in ungraded activities.

This offering is part of the Cyber Security that prepares students to Master and advance in the field of computing security.

Upon completion of this course, learners will be able to

• Describe fundamental computer forensics concepts and procedures.
• Explain how to recover hidden data for forensic analysis from Windows and Linux/Unix file systems
• Apply digital forensic tools to discover, collect, preserve and analyze Windows and Linux/Unix digital evidence.
• Explain how steganography tools work and how to use them to detect and possibly recover hidden information.

• Document and report digital evidence to court.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of advance level mathematics or Physics

Phase one

Unit 1: Computer application 1 (window environment)

Unit 2: Computer application 2 (Linux environment)

Unit 3: General psychology

Unit 4: Advance Mathematics for computer science

Phase two

Unit 1: Introduction to cyber laws and penal code

Unit 2: Computer ethics

Unit 3: Principle of programming

Unit 4: Web design 1 (html5, CSS and JavaScript)

phase three

Unit 1: Web design II and Server administration

Unit 2: introduction to scripting language (php)

Unit 3: introduction to ethical hacking

Unit 4: Computer Forensics Fundamentals

Phase Four

Unit 1: introduction to python programming

Unit 2: Linux/Unix Acquisition

Unit 3: Unix/Linux File System

Unit 4: Unix/Linux Forensics Analysis

phase five

Unit 1: Windows Acquisition

Unit 2: Windows File Systems and Registry

Unit 3: Windows Forensics Analysis