CSEC 665: Advanced Digital Forensics

This course introduces students to the principal activities and state-of-the-art techniques involved in developing digital forensics systems. Topics covered may include advanced file carving and reconstruction, forensic analysis of modern filesystems, network forensics, mobile device forensics, memory forensics, and anti-forensics. This course provides an advanced digital forensic topic relating to malicious software (malware), which represents an increasing information security threat to computer systems and networks. This course also introduces students to the application of forensic science principles and practices for collecting, examining, analyzing, and presenting digital evidence. The course includes selected topics from the legal, forensic, and information technology domains and utilizes lectures, assignments, and programming projects to illustrate these topics. We will explore these topics through the use of various open-source forensic tools.