- Instructor: Prof. Sung-Hyuk Cha
- CRN: 22273
- Course URL:
http://www.csis.pace.edu/~scha/IT664
- Meeting:
- Time: Online, Spring 2007
- Place: Online
- Textbook:
Phillips, Nelson, Enfinger, Steuart. Guide to Computer Forensics and Investigations. Second Edition. Course Technology Incorporated, 2006, ISBN 0-619-21706-5
- Course Goals:
Each successful student will demonstrate foundation knowledge and application of information security concepts as they to apply the management of information security in a large organizational environment.
Students will describe and identify policy frameworks, legal and moral implications, and best practices in information security management.
- Course Description:
Guide to Computer Forensics and Investigation presents methods to properly conduct a computer forensics investigation, beginning with a discussion of ethics while mapping to the objectives of the International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists (IACIS) certification. Students should have a working knowledge of hardware and operating systems (OSs) to maximize their success on projects and exercises throughout the text.
- Prerequisites:
IT600 and IT603
- Lecture Notes: can be accessed using the http://blackboard.pace.edu.
Blackboard Login Procedures for Registered Students are available
here
- Schedule:
| Week | Topic |
|---|
| 1 (1/22) | Ch 1 Computer Forensics and Investigations |
| 2 (1/29) | Ch 2
Understanding Computer Investigations |
| 3 (2/5)
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Ch 3 The Investigator's Office and Laboratory
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| 4 (2/12)
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Ch 4 Current Computer Forensics Tools
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| 5 (2/19) | Ch 5 Processing Crime and Incident Scenes
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| 6 (2/26)
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Ch 6 Digital Evidence Controls
|
| 7 (3/5)
| Midterm
|
| 8 (3/12)
| Ch 7 Working with Windows and DOS Systems
|
| 9 (3/19)
| Ch 8 Linux Boot Processes and Disk Structures
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| 10 (3/26)
| Ch 9 Data Acquisition
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| 11 (4/2)
| Ch 10 Computer Forensic Analysis
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| 12 (4/9)
| Ch 11 Recovering Image Files
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| 13 (4/16)
| Ch 12 Network Forensics
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| 14 (4/23)
| Ch 13 E-Mail Investigations
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| 15 (4/30)
| Final
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- Evaluation:
- Assignment (40%):
- Midterm Exam (30%):
- Final Exam (30%):
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