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DigitalForensics Autonomous Syllabus

This document provides information about the course "Digital Forensics". It is an elective course offered to teach students basic digital forensics techniques for examining digital evidence from devices. The course objectives are to understand digital forensics and how to acquire, identify and analyze digital evidence. After completing the course, students will be able to apply forensic analysis tools to recover evidence and identify computer crimes, and be trained as next-generation computer crime investigators. The course covers topics like computer forensics fundamentals, data acquisition, processing crime scenes, and current forensic tools. Recommended textbooks are also provided.

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DigitalForensics Autonomous Syllabus

This document provides information about the course "Digital Forensics". It is an elective course offered to teach students basic digital forensics techniques for examining digital evidence from devices. The course objectives are to understand digital forensics and how to acquire, identify and analyze digital evidence. After completing the course, students will be able to apply forensic analysis tools to recover evidence and identify computer crimes, and be trained as next-generation computer crime investigators. The course covers topics like computer forensics fundamentals, data acquisition, processing crime scenes, and current forensic tools. Recommended textbooks are also provided.

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Cour Core/ Elective

Course Title
se
Code
PE 653 CS DIGITAL FORENSICS ELECTIVE
Contact Hours Per Week
Prerequisit CIE SEE Credits
e L T D P
- 3 - - - 3 7 3
0 0
Course Objectives

 To understand the basic digital forensics and techniques for conducting the forensic examination
on different digital devices.
 To understand how to examine digital evidences such as the data acquisition, identification
analysis.
Course Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

 Apply forensic analysis tools to recover important evidence for identifying computer crime.
 Be well-trained as next-generation computer crime investigators.

UNIT -I

Computer forensics: Computer forensics fundamentals, Benefits of forensics, computer crimes, computer
forensics evidence and courts, legal concerns and private issues.

UNIT- II

Understanding Computing Investigations – Procedure for corporate High-Tech investigations, understanding


data recovery work station and software, conducting and investigations.

UNIT-III

Data acquisition- understanding storage formats and digital evidence, determining the best acquisition method,
acquisition tools, validating data acquisitions, performing RAID data acquisitions, remote network acquisition tools,
other forensics acquisitions tools.

UNIT-IV

Processing crimes and incident scenes, securing a computer incident or crime, seizing digital evidence at scene,
storing digital evidence, obtaining digital hash, reviewing case.

UNIT-V

Current computer forensics tools- software, hardware tools, validating and testing forensic software, addressing
data-hiding techniques, performing remote acquisitions, E-Mail investigations- investigating email crime and
violations, understanding E-Mail servers, specialized E-Mail forensics tool.
Text Books
1. Warren G. Kruse II and Jay G. Heiser, “Computer Forensics: Incident Response Essentials”, Addison
Wesley, 2002.
2. Nelson, B, Phillips, A, Enfinger, F, Stuart, C., “Guide to Computer Forensics and Investigations, 2nd ed.,
Thomson Course Technology, 2006.
3. Vacca, J, Computer Forensics, Computer Crime Scene Investigation, 2 nd Edition, Charles River Media,
2005.

Reference Books:

1. Real Digital Forensics by Keith J. Jones, Richard Bejtiich, Curtis W. Rose, Addison- Wesley
Pearson Education
2. Forensic Compiling, A Tractitioneris Guide by Tony Sammes and Brian Jenkinson,
Springer International edition.

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