CS 2353 Computer Forensics

Computer Forensics presents principles and techniques of conducting computing investigations and involves obtaining and analyzing digital information for use as evidence in civil, criminal, or administrative cases. Topics include ethics, current computer forensics tools, digital evidence controls, processing crime and incident scenes, data acquisition, e-mail investigations, and becoming an expert witness. Hands-on experience, using a forensic software package will be part of the course. This course prepares students to acquire, investigate, and report on electronic evidence. Students examine how information is stored and how it may be deliberately hidden and/or subverted.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

None

Corequisite

CS 2343

Offered

Spring