Computer Forensics detailed syllabus for Information Technology (IT) for 2019 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the IT 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 Information Technology 8th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit IT 8th Sem 2019 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VII scheme and its subjects refer to IT Professional Elective-VII syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of computer forensics is as follows.
Course Objective:
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Unit I
Incident and Incident Response
Introduction to Security Threats: Introduction – Computer Crimes – Computer Threats and Intrusions – Phishing – Identity Theft – Cyber Terrorism and Cyber War – Need for Security: Information Security – OS Security – Database Security – Software Development Security -Introduction to Incident – Incident Response Methodology – Steps – Activities in Initial Response Phase After Detection of an Incident.
Suggested Activities:
- Survey of forensics tools such as WinHex, EnCase, FTK, or ProDiscover.
- External learning – Demonstrate some of the mechanisms used by malicious attackers as well as forensic experts to disrupt computer networks and manipulate information access.
Suggested Evaluation Methods:
- Demonstration on forensic tools
- Assignments on problem solving with sample cyber crime reports.
Unit II
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Unit III
Network and Email Forensics
Network Evidence – Types of Network Monitoring – Setting Up a Network Monitoring System – Network Data Analysis – Email Clients – Email Tracing – Internet Fraud – Spam Investigations – Mobile Forensics – Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Investigations -Wireless Device Investigations – PDA Investigations.
Suggested Activities:
- External learning – Familiarizing with port redirection tools: Quick n Easy FTP Server, FPIPE and FPORT.
- Practical – Study of the forensics tools.
Suggested Evaluation Methods:
- Demonstration on port redirection tools.
- Real-time problems like email analysis for tracing.
Unit IV
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Unit V
Image and Video Forensics
Recognizing a Graphics File – Data Compression – Locating and Recovering Graphics Files – Identifying Unknown File Formats – Copyright Issues with Graphics – Fraud using image and video – Detection of Fraud in images and video.
Suggested Activities:
- External learning – Survey on image file formats steganography tools.
- Practical – JPHS tool for steganography
Suggested Evaluation Methods:
- Assignment problems on forgery detection in images.
- Quiz on locating and recovering graphics files.
Course Outcome:
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Text Books:
- Kevin Mandia, Jason T. Luttgens, Matthew Pepe, “Incident Response and Computer Forensics”, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2014.
References:
- Bill Nelson, Amelia Philips, Christopher Steuart, “Guide to Computer Forensics and Investigations”, Cengage Learning, 2018.
- John R. Vacca, “Computer Forensics”, Firewall Media, 2009.
- Rafay Baloch, “Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing Guide”, Auerbach Publications, First Edition, 2014.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Information Technology 8th Sem, visit IT 8th Sem subject syllabuses for 2019 regulation.
For all Information Technology results, visit Anna University IT all semester results direct link.