This course will cover conceptual and technical skills for the first responder for forensic investigation. Students will learn about the rules of engaging in a forensic examination, including areas such as liturgical and non-liturgical forensic examination, abuse issues, intrusion management, profiling, and privacy issues. Students will also learn about computer forensics and investigation as a profession.
This course will utilize some of the concepts learnt in the ITOP 2305: Encryption, Public Key Infrastructure Architecture and Administration course. Skills gained in this course can be applied towards fields involving law enforcement, legal processes, report writing for high-tech investigations, and ethics and codes in expert witness.
Course code: ITOP 2412
Credits: 2.0
Tuition: $0*
Length: 36.0 hours
Course outline:
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Additional Information
- Computer forensics and forensic resources
- Conduct, approach, and procedures
- Understanding data recovery workstations and software
- Conducting an investigation
- Forensics lab certification requirements, including physical and storage requirements
- Data acquisition methods and validation
- Forensic acquisition tools, including remote network acquisition
- Digital evidence - identifying, collecting, processing, securing, seizing, storing
- File systems, disk encryption, Windows registry, startup tools and tasks, virtual machines
- Forensic software and hardware tools
- File systems, disk structures, and boot processes, including for Mac, Linux, Unix operating systems
- Data compression
- File formats, including graphic files
How do I apply for this course?
This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.
* Fees are approximate and subject to change. Students are required to pay any applicable fee increases. Fees listed are for domestic students. For international programs, visit VCC International.
† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.
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