BIT-4644: Digital Forensics and Incident Response Management

Description: Focuses on building knowledge about the field of digital forensics and incident response. Students will learn about cybercrime and the digital forensics process. The course will build knowledge of, and teach students how to implement, digital forensics techniques and tools. Students will learn about file systems, and how to work with Windows, Linux, and Macintosh file systems and forensic tools to acquire and analyze forensic evidence. Students will learn how to apply forensic tools and techniques to network, mobile, internet of things (IOT), cloud, email, social media, and dark web data and services. The course will also build knowledge about how to manage incident response capabilities such as computer security incident response teams (CSIRTs), incident response planning, guidance for processing crime and incident scenes, and how to compile forensic reports and integrate forensically obtained knowledge into future incident response planning.

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Course Hours: 3 credits

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