Digital Forensics

Summary of module for applicants:

This module aims to qualify and equip students with the skills and knowledge required to conduct an investigation (seizure, extraction, and examination of digital evidence from digital devices).

Main topics of study:

• Computer crime investigation
• Incident response methodology
• Evidence collection and seizure procedures
• Establish and maintain a physical "chain of custody”
• Reporting procedures within organisations
• The use of technology to retrieve data and make verifiable exact forensics copy
• Storage of seized evidence
• Analysis of evidence
• Documentation and report creation

Learning Outcomes for the module

• Digital Proficiency - Code = (DP)
• Industry Connections - Code = (IC)
• Emotional Intelligence Development - Code = (EID)
• Social Intelligence Development - Code = (SID)
• Physical Intelligence Development - Code = (PID)
• Cultural Intelligence Development - Code = (CID)
• Cognitive Intelligence Development – Code = (COI)
• Community Connections - Code = (CC)
• UEL Give-Back - Code = (UGB)

At the end of this module, students will be able to:

Knowledge

• Analyse and communicate ways of launching a computer crime investigation (EID)
• Critically evaluate the use of technology to retrieve data and make verifiable exact forensics copy (DP)

Thinking skills

• Demonstrate techniques for collecting and preserving evidence from a computer crime scene (COI)
• Demonstrate sophisticated argumentation while writing your technical report to be presented in the court (COI)
• Research and synthesise the various techniques involved in acquiring computer evidence and utilise results in a critical assessment of forensic evidence (CID)

Subject-based practical skills

• Discuss the requirements of how to secure a virtual crime scene

Skills for life and work (general skills)

• Apply techniques for collecting and preserving evidence from a computer crime scene
• Prepare documentation and a crime report to be used for legal evidence