COURSES

Goals

The main objective of this course is to present advanced issues of digital forensics. Students should be able to: - Apply digital forensics methodology - Select and use appropriate digital forensics tools - Take into account the requirements and problems of digital forensics in specific environments, e.g. in cloud computing or mobile systems - Continue research and development work in the area of digital forensics

Curriculum

Introduction: definition of basic concepts, digital forensics technology Digital forensics: digital evidence, digital forensics methodologies, technology and legalization interrelations; digital forensic and operating systems, storage, mobile systems, applications and networked systems Advanced digital forensics tools: digital forensic laboratory, mobile digital forensic systems; commercial and open source forensic tools for analyses of file, live, mobile and network systems, and applications; tools dependability. Selected topics in digital forensics (e.g. cloud computing forensics) Practical aspects and future trends: practical examples of digital forensic investigations; Information systems research and technology trends, new markets; digital forensics research issues