Instruction Mode: Online
Professor: N/A
Resource(s): | Type | Description | Required | Textbook | Digital Forensics and Incident Response, Gerard Johansen, Packt Publishing/ O'Reilly, Second Edition, ISBN 9781838649005, 2020 |
Required | Textbook | Digital Forensics Basics: A Practical Guide Using Windows OS, Nihad A. Hassan, Publisher(s): Apress/ O'Reilly, ISBN 9781484238387, 2019 |
Required | Textbook | Digital Forensics with Kali Linux, Shiva V. N. Parasram, Packt Publishing / O"Reilly, Second Edition, ISBN 9781838640804, 2020 |
Required | Website | http://www.oba.org/en/pdf_newsletter/e-discoveryguidelines.pdf
Ontario Bar Association eDiscovery guidelines |
Optional | Textbook | Digital Forensics for Pentesters - Hands-On Learning, Cliff Krahenbill, Packt Publishing, ISBN 9781803231969, 2021 |
Optional | Website | Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime with Kali Linux Fundamentals
https://sher.ent.sirsidynix.net/client/en_GB/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1390255/one |
Optional | Website | Litigation Support Blog
https://www.litigationsupportguru.com/blog/ |
Applicable student group(s): FCAPS-Program(s): Cyber Security - Defensive
Course Details: Module 1: Introduction to Cyber Forensics
Computer forensics fundamentals and career paths
Code of ethics
Initial preparation of systems for evidence collection
(Quiz 1 15%)
Module 2: Storage media analysis
Approach and process of investigation
Storage media analysis
Storage media forensic toolkit
(Quiz 2 15%)
Module 3: System analysis – Windows and Unix Systems
Windows filesystem and encryption review
Linux filesystem and process execution review
Virtual Machine and Network Forensics
(Disk forensic analysis and report 15%)
(Mid-term exam 20%)
Module 4: Conducting forensic review
Live image acquisition
Forensic assessment of the acquired samples
Deep-level forensic investigation
(Remote acquisition and network forensics 15%)
Module 5: eDiscovery and forensics governance
Introduction to eDiscovery and associated Canadian Cyber Security legal requirements
Predictive eDiscovery with the help if AI
End-to-end eDiscovery execution – case study
(Final exam 20%)