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MURDOCH-S1-FACE2FACE-2025-ONGOING

MURDOCH-S1-ONLINEFLEX-2025-ONGOING

MURDOCH-S1-ONLINESCHD-2025-ONGOING

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Learning outcomes

1.

Identify the fundamentals of cyber forensics

2.

Use a wide range of open source and proprietary tools and technologies to conduct investigation

3.

Develop an awareness of the significance of different technology platforms, filesystems and implementation environments

4.

Analyse the legal and ethical implications of forensic examination procedures

5.

Conduct case research and practical investigation of a digital crime scene using proper tools 

6.

Describe and explain how best to respond to Cyber Security incidents

7.

Analyse given scenario, extract evidence and identify forensic issues

Assessments

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Additional information

Unit content:
  1. Introduction to cyber forensics and incident response
  2. Security Operations Centre (SOC), Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)
  3. Forensic data acquisition, duplication, analysis, and Validation
  4. Current digital forensics tools and report writing
  5. Windows and CLI systems, Linux, and Mac systems forensics
  6. Threat hunting, Incident response plan, Incident handling and response 
  7. Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM), Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI)
  8. Live acquisitions, network forensics, and cloud forensics
  9. Recovering graphic files and anti-forensics
  10. Malware and email forensics
  11. IoT and mobile device forensics