CIS 293 - Digital Forensics III

5.0 Credits
Forensic triage and other advanced topics. Conducting forensic analysis from start to finish, dealing with live systems and malware. Topics may vary based on current developments and trends.
Prerequisite CIS 273 with a minimum grade of 2.5 or instructor permission.
Course-level Learning Objectives (CLOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Demonstrate methods to use VMware/Virtual PC as a forensic analysis tool.
Utilize common forensic tools to process a case from start to finish.
Create a comprehensive forensic analysis report.
Develop and use regular expressions to increase search effectiveness.
Create and verify hash sets of various formats, including Hashkeeper, NSRL, and FTK.
Describe a code of ethics and conduct related to the information security and digital forensics professions.
Identify standards of professionalism and ethical behavior for information security and digital forensics professionals, and apply these standards successfully to ethical dilemmas.
Create a list of issues related to computer privacy and document how to address them technically and ethically.