Course Title

Cyber Forensics

Course Description

Students will learn procedures on tracking, and patching security holes after an incident has occurred. This will include seizure of equipment, analysis of confiscated materials, and follow up procedures relating to the incident.

Contact

Carrie DeMuth
05-743-5426
cdemu@okcareertech.org

Knowledge and Skills

• Implement advanced security techniques related to computer forensics.
• Discuss computer forensics and investigations and some of its problems and concerns.
• Manage a computing investigation.
• Explain how data is stored and managed on Microsoft operating systems.
• Discuss Macintosh and Linux boot processes and disk structures.
• Establish an effective computing-forensics laboratory.
• Select and utilize appropriate software and hardware tools for use during computer investigations and forensic analysis.
• Systematically handle digital evidence so that data is not inadvertently altered.
• Process crime and incident scenes for the corporate investigator and the law enforcement investigator.
• Discuss the differences between the needs and concerns of a business and a law enforcement organization.
• Acquire digital evidence from disk drives.
• Apply computer forensics skills and techniques to a computing investigation.
• Perform E-Mail investigations.
• Recover image files based on information stored in image file headers.
• Write investigation reports.
• Become an expert witness and avoid problems when giving testimony.

Accountability Measures, Assessments, or Evaluation Procedures

• Security Certified Network Architect (SCNA): The Solution Exam (TSE)
• The International Society of Forensic Computer Examiners: Certified Computer Examiner (CCE)
• EC-Council: Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator
• SANS: GIAC Certified Forensics Analyst (GCFA)
  
• Cyber Security Institute – Cyber Security Forensics Analyst (CSFA)
• Cyber Security Education Consortium End-of-Course Exam
• Brainbench:
• Computer Forensics

Industry Alignments

Brainbench - http://www.brainbench.com/

Cisco - http://www.cisco.com

SCNA – Security Certified Network Architect - http://www.securitycertified.net/SCNA_certifications.htm

SCNP - Security Certified Network Professional - http://www.securitycertified.net/SCNP_certifications.htm

Curriculum Resources

• Guide to Computer Forensics and Investigations, 1st Edition; Amelia Phillips, Bill Nelson, Chris Steuart, Frank Enfinger.  ISBN: 978-1-4180-6733-5

•  Career Cluster Resources for Information Technology – http://www.careerclusters.org/resources/ClusterDocuments/itdocuments/ITFinal.pdf

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