Overview

Welcome!

This course is designed to provide an introduction to a specific area under the larger scientific disciplineof digital forensics. Computer forensics is primarily focused on cyber crime scene analysis (e.g., workstations, servers), and media analysis (e.g., primary or secondary storage, PDAs, memory sticks etc.). The other areas of digital forensics, network forensics and software forensics are not covered in this course per se. The course combines theory and hands on learning. There are 14 labs and a practical exam, in which students have to conduct an actual forensic examination. The tentative course syllabus is available for download.

Class Information

• Lectures - Monday and Wednesday @ 1:30pm-2:20pm in Knoy 228
• Lab - Friday @ 1:30pm-3:20pm in Knoy 228

Announcements

Please sign up for the CIT420 Listserv before Lab 1. You can post to the CIT420 listserv at cit420@lists.purdue.edu.

The instructions for Thought Paper #1 can be downloaded HERE. It is due at the beginning of lab on Sept 12, 2008.