Digital and Mobile Forensics detailed syllabus for Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the CSE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Computer Science & Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit CSE 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-IV scheme and its subjects refer to CSE Professional Elective-IV syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of digital and mobile forensics is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL FORENSICS 6 Forensic Science – Digital Forensics – Digital Evidence – The Digital Forensics Process -Introduction – The Identification Phase – The Collection Phase – The Examination Phase – The Analysis Phase – The Presentation Phase
Unit II
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Unit III
DIGITAL FORENSIC READINESS 6 Introduction – Law Enforcement versus Enterprise Digital Forensic Readiness – Rationale for Digital Forensic Readiness – Frameworks, Standards and Methodologies – Enterprise Digital Forensic Readiness – Challenges in Digital Forensics
Unit IV
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Unit V
ANDROID FORENSICS 6 Android basics – Key Codes – ADB – Rooting Android – Boot Process – File Systems – Security -Tools – Android Forensics – Forensic Procedures – ADB – Android Only Tools – Dual Use Tools -Oxygen Forensics – MobilEdit – Android App Decompiling
Course Outcomes:
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Lab Experiments:
- Installation of Sleuth Kit on Linux. List all data blocks. Analyze allocated as well as unallocated blocks of a disk image.
- Data extraction from call logs using Sleuth Kit.
- Data extraction from SMS and contacts using Sleuth Kit.
- Install Mobile Verification Toolkit or MVT and decrypt encrypted iOS backups.
- Process and parse records from the iOS system.
- Extract installed applications from Android devices.
- Extract diagnostic information from Android devices through the adb protocol.
- Generate a unified chronological timeline of extracted records,
Text Books:
- Andre Arnes, Digital Forensics, Wiley, 2018.
- Chuck Easttom, An In-depth Guide to Mobile Device Forensics, First Edition, CRC Press, 2022.
Reference Books:
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