Digital Forensics C
1) Week Two Assignment
Do a bit of research on-line. Find a criminal case that involved Digital Forensics.
Using WORD, write an ORIGINAL brief essay of 300 words or more describing the case and the how digital forensics were used in the investigation.
Safe Assign is software that verifies the originality of your work against on-line sources and other students.
Note your Safe Assign score. Continue submitting until your Safe Assign score is less than 25. For your first written assignment, you have unlimited times to retry your assignment.
Attach your WORD doc and then hit SUBMT.
2) Week Three Assignment
Do a bit of research on the hearsay rule in legal proceedings. In your own words, explain the hearsay rule and describe how it relates to the concept of an expert witness.
Write a short paper, 200-300 words, using WORD and submit here.
3) Week Four Discussion
Using the Web or other resources, find a case where an illegal search was claimed.
Write a brief essay describing that case and how it relates to this week’s topic.
Read and respond to at least two other students Discussions.
Post your initial response by the end of day on Thursday and reply to at least two other students by the end of day on Sunday.
Post between 200 and 300 words.
4) Week Five Assignment
Go to the website: https://epic.org/privacy/litigation/ which focuses on civil rights issues and privacy. Pick a case.
Using WORD, in you OWN WORDS, write an ORIGINAL brief essay of 300 words or more :
Summarize the case
Give your opinion of the decision.
Describe how the case deals with the material in this chapter
5) Week Six Assignment
Describe the plain view doctrine, and why it has such a significant impact on digital forensics? What are three approaches to determining whether the doctrine applies to a specific case.
Use your own words and do not copy the work of another student.
6) Week Seven Discussion
You have been assigned to investigate whether or not an employee at a local hospital has been accessing patient records and setting information to online pharmacies. It is your first day of the investigation. Put together a list of data sources that must be examined during the investigation.
Read and respond to at least two other students Discussions.
Post your initial response by the end of day on Thursday and reply to at least two other students by the end of day on Sunday.
Post between 200 and 300 words.
7) Week Eight Assignment
Go online and research some tools that would be valuable in collecting both live memory images and images of various forms off media. Put together a shopping list for your manager that includes tools needed to be purchased. Include a price if applicable.
Write your answer using a WORD document. Do your own work. Submit here. Note your Safe Assign score. Score must be less than 25 for full credit.
8) Week Nine Assignment
Use the web or other resources to research at least two criminal or civil cases in which recovered files played a significant role in how the case was resolved.
9) Week Ten Discussion
Define several forms of metadata that can be useful to an investigation. How are valuable to an investigator?
Read and respond to at least two other students Discussions.
10) Week Eleven Assignment
Using Chapter 10 as a reference, eExplain the concept of information stores. Why is an understanding of how different clients store messaging information critical to the success of an email search?
11) Submit Final Project Topic
Submit your final project topic here. Include a short paragraph describing your project and how you intend to research it.
Here is a list of your upcoming project deliverables:
Week 11. Submit final project.
Week 13. Submit a brief abstract describing your final project.
Week 14. Residency. Prepare and deliver a 20 minute presentation on your topic.
Week 15. Submit final project materials.
o A 500-700 word, double spaced paper, written in APA format, showing sources and a bibliography
o Presentation materials (PPT, handouts, etc)
12) Week Twelve Assignment
Explain how cookies can show that a user has visited a site if that user’s history has been deleted.
Optional: install Windows Historian and see the sites visited by a particular user.
13) Week Thirteen Discussion
Review the material on routers.
Since information extracted from router or switch interfaces to not provide specific evidence of a particular crime in most cases, what use is the information collected from these devices.? Write and post your answer.
Read and respond to at least two other students Discussions.
Post your initial response by the end of day on Thursday and reply to at least two other students by the end of day on Sunday.
Post between 200 and 300 words.
14) Week 14 and 15 Final project
Week 14. Residency. Prepare and deliver a 20 minute presentation on your topic.
Week 15. Submit final project materials.
o A 500-700 word, double spaced paper, written in APA format, showing sources and a bibliography
o Presentation materials (PPT, handouts, etc)
