Hands-on Cyber Forensics

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Juris Doctor, Undergraduate

In this class, students will gain an introduction to digital forensic investigations through analysis of online and offline systems. Digital Forensics encompasses the recovery, investigation, examination, and (most of all) analysis of material found on digital devices. This discipline varies from eDiscovery, in the sense that not only are we looking to provide the information in order to further investigations, but to understand the information to tell the story of what happened on the device and the actions of the user. It is not simply the acquisition of forensic artifacts, but the knowledge to explain artifacts. A large amount of this course will be a hands-on practical implementation of the methodologies as well as the detection and analysis of forensic artifacts to demonstrate this user attribution and to outline the facts of investigations.