ISYS 377 - Computer Forensics

Instructor: Dr. Lau

ISYS 377 (Computer Forensics) is offered by the College of Business at Longwood University. Computer Forensics is part of the Cyber Security concentration and the Information Systems and Security concentration, where student have the opportunity to grow their skills with computers and be able to apply them to future business practices.

Computer forensics is the practice of collecting, analyzing and reporting on digital data in a way that is legally admissible. It can be used in the detection and prevention of crime and in any dispute where evidence is stored digitally. 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. This class covers methods and tools for gaining forensic information from computer systems and networks. It includes case studies of cybercrimes as well as the application and management of cyber forensics. The course introduces students to forensics tools using hands-on experience and the Internet.

There are many projects that we do in this course, below are some of the programs that we learn how to use when completing the projects:

- Autopsy

- FTK Imager

- Forensic Toolkit

- ProDiscover Basic

- Access Data Registry