Course description (from 2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog):

ISYS 377. Cyber Forensics. This is a fundamental required course as part of an interdisciplinary curriculum that is very much in demand in today's society. This course covers cyber forensics as part of one of the three academic areas in the interdisciplinary curriculum. The three areas covered are cyber security, cyber forensics, and cyber policy and law. It includes case studies of cyber-crimes as well as the application and management of cyber forensics. The course introduces students to forensics tools using hands-on experience and the Internet. Prerequisite: ISYS 370 or CMSC 121 or permission of instructor. 3 credits.

About this course:

In this course, we are learning how to complete a successful computer investigation. In the process of learning this, we are learning how to set up a forensics lab, how to use and manage forensic tools, what to look for in our investigations, and the differences between corporate/civil and criminal investigations.

Some of the things we have done in this course are: capture a disk image, obtain a digital hash of a USB drive, identify file metadata, acquire evidence and create a report, and locate an e-mail source.

This course is being taught by Dr. Linda K. Lau. More information about her courses and her contact information can be found on her website: http://www.longwood.edu/staff/laulk/.