Prerequisites: CIS 272 with a GPA of at least 2.5 or equivalent experience.
Schedule: Check The Annual Schedule
Instructor: Steve Hailey
Guest Speakers: Rebecca Henderson and Reginald Chapman

This course is part of the Digital Forensics Certificate and is an elective for both the Information Security Degree and Network Security Certificate. This course will help prepare the student to take the CyberSecurity Forensic Analyst (CSFA) certification test which can be taken by CIS 273 and CIS 292 students at no cost. Students will also be able to checkout full versions of forensic software and will be provided with case scenarios to process at home.

Digital forensics involves the preservation, identification, extraction, interpretation, and documentation of computer evidence, to include the rules of evidence, legal processes, integrity of evidence, factual reporting of the information found, and providing expert opinion in a court of law or other legal / administrative proceeding if necessary as to what was found.

Digital forensics does not just deal with criminal matters or situations encountered by law enforcement. Situations where the skills of a digital forensics analyst are needed arise everyday - divorces, civil disputes, bankruptcies, medical malpractice, wills, the list goes on and on.

This course is one in a series that will prepare you for work as a forensic analyst or starting your own digital forensic related business. Suitable for anyone in an information technology related field - IT security officers, security professionals, security auditors, network engineers, network administrators, troubleshooters and technicians. Members of law enforcement will also benefit from this course. This course has been delivered to military personnel to prepare them for performing forensic analysis in the Mideast.

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