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Module 1 Outline: Types of Crime

Week One Outline

  • Introductions
  • Syllabus Overview
  • Canvas / Class Resource Overview
  • Lecture Material
  • Watch and discuss video

Homework

Module 2 Outline: Cyber Laws: Federal / State Statutes

Week Two Outline

  • Lecture Material
  • Cybercrime laws case studies
  • Form cyber case Groups

Homework

  • Reading (Chapter 2 "Digital Archaeology: The Art and Science of Digital Forensics") see syllabus
  • Week 2 Homework
  • Quiz Next Week on Reading

Module 3 Outline: Laws of Digital Evidence / Handling / Execution of Court Orders (Warrants, Subpoenas)

Week Module Three Outline

  • Cyber law presentation (optional)
  • Laws Affecting Forensic Investigations Quiz
  • Lecture Material

Homework

  • Reading (Chapter 3 "Digital Archaeology: The Art and Science of Digital Forensics") check syllabus
  • Module 3 Homework
  • Quiz Next Week on Reading

Module 4 Outline: Cybercrime Types

Week Module Four Outline

  • Lecture Material
  • Reading Quiz
  • In-Class activity: Crypto Hands on
  • Discussions

Homework

  • Reading (Chapter 5, 6. "Digital Archaeology: The Art and Science of Digital Forensics")
  • Module 4 Homework
  • Quiz Next Week on Readings

Module 5 Outline: Data Representation

Module 5 Outline

  • Lecture Material
  • In-Class activity: Binary2Dec, Binary2Hex, etc

Homework

  • Reading (Chapter 8. "Digital Archaeology: The Art and Science of Digital Forensics")
  • Module 5 Homework
  • Quiz Next Week on Readings

Module 6 Outline: Files, Documents, and Metadata

Module 6 Outline

  • Lecture Material
  • Reading Quiz (textbook chapter 8)
  • In-Class activity: file identification, hex editors, file signatures, documents, etc
  • Discussions

Homework

  • Reading (Chapter 8. "Digital Archaeology: The Art and Science of Digital Forensics") Week 6
  • Reading (Chapter 9. "Digital Archaeology: The Art and Science of Digital Forensics") Week 7
  • Module 6 Homework
  • Quiz Next Week on Readings

Module 7 Outline: Files, Documents, and Metadata

Module 7 Outline

  • Lecture Material
  • Reading Quiz (textbook chapter 9)
  • In-Class activity: file identification, hex editors, file signatures, documents, etc
  • Discussions

Homework

  • Reading (Chapter 8. "Digital Archaeology: The Art and Science of Digital Forensics") Week 6
  • Reading (Chapter 9. "Digital Archaeology: The Art and Science of Digital Forensics") Week 7
  • Module 6 Homework
  • Quiz Next Week on Readings

Module 8 Outline: Midterm

Module 9 Outline: Spring Break

Module 10 Outline: Files, Documents, and Metadata

Module 10 Outline

  • Lecture Material
  • Reading Quiz (textbook chapter 9)
  • In-Class activity: more hex-editor usage, fixing files, working with documents with hidden data (end of RTF files, Hidden Text, Base64, etc
  • Discussions

Homework

  • Reading (Chapter 10. "Digital Archaeology: The Art and Science of Digital Forensics")
  • Module 7 Homework
  • Quiz Next Week on Readings

Module 11 Outline: Obtaining Digital Evidence

Module 11 Outline

  • Lecture Material
  • Reading Quiz during session #2 (textbook chapter 10)
  • In-Class activity: Acquiring memory, disks, hashing and validating evidence
  • Discussions

Homework

  • For readings, please check the readings page for details.
  • Module 8 Homework
  • Quiz Next Week on Readings

Module 12 Outline: Data Recovery & Carving

Module 12 Outline

  • Lecture Material
  • Reading Quiz next week(textbook chapter 11.)
  • In-Class activity: file carving and data recovery tools to recover your data, etc.
  • Discussions

Homework

  • For readings, please check the readings page for details.
  • Module 9 Homework
  • Quiz Next Week on Readings

Module 13 Outline: Mini-Break

Module 14 Outline: Internet artifacts (history, caches, cookies)

Module 14 Outline

  • Lecture Material
  • In-Class activity: analyzing web browsers: Chrome and IE. Also, learn how to use some of the forensic toolkits available: Autopsy, AXIOM, EnCase, FTK, etc.
  • Discussions

Homework

  • For readings, please check the readings page for details.
  • Module 10 Homework
  • Quiz Next Week on Readings

Module 15 Outline: Report Writing

Module 15 Outline

  • Lecture Material
  • No Reading Quiz

Homework

  • No readings or homework for this module, just review the final project.