UMass Boston

Course Overview

Description

This course provides students with how to conduct forensic investigation of digital devices. Students have hands-on-experience on cyber forensics with a virtual machine. The course introduces EnCase forensic software, which is widely received in cyber security industry and a court of law. Students will be prepared to manage organizational cyber security incidents. This course includes forensics tools, methods, and procedures used for investigation of computers, techniques of data recovery and evidence collection, protection of evidence, and cybercrime investigation techniques. It also includes analysis of forensic data and specialized diagnostic software used to retrieve data.