School Of Computing, Engineering And MathematicsComputer Forensics WorkshopWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 300447.2
Discipline: COMPUTER SCIENCE
Student Contribution Band: 2
Level: 3
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
This is the capstone practical unit for Computer Forensics major of the Bachelor of Computer Science, as such it is assumed that the students of this unit will have completed all other units in the major.
Prerequisite
300143 Network Security AND 300149 Operating Systems AND 300165 Systems Administration Programming
About this Unit
This unit is composed of a series of investigative workshops that put into practice, in a Computer Forensics context, many of the technical skills developed in earlier pre-requisite units. The unit is intended to not only further develop these skills but to instil best technical practice, sound understanding of technical investigative techniques and documentation of the results of investigation. Workshop topic areas include: clean media copying techniques, search and identification of hidden data, building profiles of computer activities through probing and analysis of log files and how to prepare a system and network to best support subsequent intrusion and activity detection.