Purpose of Forensics: Investigative Mindset, Focus on the Fundamentals; Evidence Fundamentals: Admissibility & Authenticity, Threats against Authenticity, Reporting and Presenting Evidence, Evidence Acquisition Basics, Preservation of Evidence; Types of Acquisition; Forensic Field Kits: Forensic Automated Tools, Registry Forensics In-Depth; Browser forensics; Digital Forensic Case.

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• Understand the need to maintain the chain of evidence in criminal investigations and apply this in the context of simple case studies.
• Analyze email trails.
• Trace malicious internet activity.
• Understand and employ intrusion prevention and detection tools.
• Duplicate data and analyze it to recover information and reconstruct events.
• Isolate computer systems for investigation.
• Apply their knowledge and understanding of computer security to identify security weaknesses and propose solutions.
• Discuss the principles that underlie the forensic investigation process.

1. Cyber Forensics: A Field Manual for Collecting, Examining, and Preserving Evidence of Computer Crimes by Albert Marcella Jr. and Doug Menendez
2. Computer Forensics and Cyber Crime: An Introduction (3rd Edition) by Marjie T. Britz

Biweekly Quiz, One Midterm Exam, One Final Exam, Project