Digital Forensics

This course introduces digital forensics at an elementary level. Overview of forensic science, steps from collecting data to preserving evidence, and a framework for digital forensic evidence collection and processing. Fundamentals of host forensics for Microsoft Windows. Fundamentals of host forensics for Unix derivatives using the Linux operating system as an example. Introduction to steganographic techniques for images, video, textual data, and audio as well as steganalytical techniques for selected media types and approaches to traitor tracing. A survey of non-standard storage mechanisms from retention characteristics to mobile and smart phones and vehicular systems as well as network-based search and storage mechanisms.