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Cyber Forensics (ICT248)

Points: 

4

Enrolment Options: 

Murdoch: S1-internal
SMANUFED: T2B-internal

[see Teaching Periods and Census Dates] 

Description: 

Principles of cyber forensics: identification and recovery of digital evidence from computers. This evidence is used in investigations by law enforcement and other investigative bodies, legal and accounting professions, and information managers. Focus: vulnerabilities of information management systems; investigation identification, recovery, analysis and presentation of digital evidence; and trends in cyber forensics. Introduction to the processes of basic evidence identification, recovery and analysis through an investigation project. Students investigate a cyber crime and report on the evidence.

Contact time: 

Lectures: 2 hours per week; workshops: 1 hour per week.

Prerequisites: 

Nil.

Exclusions: 

Students who completed ICT228 Special Topics in Information Technology: Cyber-Forensics may not enrol in this unit for credit.

Used in these Courses: 

Cyber Forensics, Information Security and Management (BSc)

Used in these Minors: 

Cyber Forensics