CS6004 CYBER FORENSICS | syllabus (ELECTIVE-II)

CS6004  CYBER FORENSICS L T P C  3 0 0 3

                                                              

OBJECTIVES:

The student should be made to:
 Learn the security issues network layer and transport layer
 Be exposed to security issues of the application layer
 Learn computer forensics
 Be familiar with forensics tools
 Learn to analyze and validate forensics data

UNIT I     NETWORK LAYER SECURITY &TRANSPORT LAYER SECURITY    (9)

IPSec Protocol - IP Authentication Header - IP ESP - Key Management Protocol for IPSec .
Transport layer Security: SSL protocol, Cryptographic Computations – TLS Protocol.

UNIT II      E-MAIL SECURITY & FIREWALLS    (9)

PGP - S/MIME - Internet Firewalls for Trusted System: Roles of Firewalls – Firewall related
terminology- Types of Firewalls - Firewall designs - SET for E-Commerce Transactions.

UNIT III      INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER FORENSICS    (9)

Introduction to Traditional Computer Crime, Traditional problems associated with Computer Crime.
Introduction to Identity Theft & Identity Fraud. Types of CF techniques - Incident and incident
response methodology - Forensic duplication and investigation. Preparation for IR: Creating response
tool kit and IR team. - Forensics Technology and Systems - Understanding Computer Investigation –
Data Acquisition.

UNIT IV      EVIDENCE COLLECTION AND FORENSICS TOOLS    (9)

Processing Crime and Incident Scenes – Working with Windows and DOS Systems. Current
Computer Forensics Tools: Software/ Hardware Tools.

UNIT V      ANALYSIS AND VALIDATION    (9)

Validating Forensics Data – Data Hiding Techniques – Performing Remote Acquisition – Network
Forensics – Email Investigations – Cell Phone and Mobile Devices Forensics

                                                                                                                        TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

OUTCOMES:

Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to:
 Discuss the security issues network layer and transport layer
 Apply security principles in the application layer
 Explain computer forensics
 Use forensics tools
 Analyze and validate forensics data

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Man Young Rhee, “Internet Security: Cryptographic Principles”, “Algorithms and Protocols”,
Wiley Publications, 2003.
2. Nelson, Phillips, Enfinger, Steuart, “Computer Forensics and Investigations”, Cengage Learning,
India Edition, 2008.

REFERENCES:

1. John R.Vacca, “Computer Forensics”, Cengage Learning, 2005
2. Richard E.Smith, “Internet Cryptography”, 3rd Edition Pearson Education, 2008.
3. Marjie T.Britz, “Computer Forensics and Cyber Crime”: An Introduction”, 3rd Edition, Prentice
Hall, 2013.

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