Course in Computer Forensic Expertise

Unit 1. Computing, Connectivity, And The Internet

• Computing
• - Basic concepts
• Components of a computer system
• Basic structure of a computer system
• Central processing unit in a computer system
• - Structure
• Common peripherals: Connectivity
• Operating system
• Internet
• Internet connectivity
• - Types of networks
• - Wireless network

Unit 2. Fundamentals Of Computer Forensics And Digital Forensics

• Concept of computer forensics
• Objectives of computer forensics
• Uses of computer forensics
• The role of the computer expert
• Computer forensic laboratory
• Digital evidence
• - Volatile and non-volatile evidence
• - Evidence labeling
• Chain of custody

Unit 3. Cybercrime

• Computer crime
• - Main characteristics of computer crime
• Types of computer crime
• Cybercrime

Unit 4. Ethical Hacking

• What is ethical hacking?
• - Hacker ethics
• - Values of hacker ethics
• - Phases of ethical hacking
• - Types of ethical hacking
• Legal aspects of ethical hacking
• - Ethical hacking process
• - Code of ethics and certification
• Ethical hacker profiles
• - Black hat hacker
• - White hat hacker
• - Gray hat hackers
• - Hacktivism
• Vulnerability testing
• - Steps to set up a pentesting lab
• Sniffing
• Types of security testing in web environments
• - Identifying proxy mechanisms used
• - Enumeration of valid hosts
• - Web Server Profiles

Unit 5. Forensic Analysis

• Forensic analysis
• Stages of forensic analysis
• - Preliminary study
• - Data acquisition
• - Analysis and investigation
• - Presentation and preparation of the expert report
• Types of forensic analysis
• Requirements for forensic analysis
• Main issues

Unit 6. Data Support

• Data acquisition: importance in digital forensic analysis
• OSI Model
• File recovery
• - Dynamics of file deletion
• - Requirements for file and data recovery
• - Key tools for data recovery
• - Recovery process
• File analysis
• - Signature identification
• - Documents
• - Graphics and multimedia files
• - Executable files

Unit 7. Information Security Management System (isms)

• The information society
• What is information security?
• Importance of information security
• Fundamental principles of information security: confidentiality, integrity, and availability
• - Principle of confidentiality
• - Principle of integrity
• - Principle of availability
• Description of security risks
• Selection of controls
• Success factors in information security
• Benefits of an information security system