Cyber Forensics

CS6004                        CYBER FORENSICS                   Materials Available         L T P C                            3 0 0 3

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