Forensic Studies Information Technology Track

http://forensicstudies.stevenson.edu/about/information-technology/

Course length

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Course description

The Information Technology Track is designed to prepare students to identify, acquire, restore and analyze electronic data and to testify as experts in court. Further, as the use of digital evidence in litigation becomes more prevalent, students will be prepared to assist in litigation support services in the areas of electronic evidence.

Upon completion of the program, a graduate in the Information Technology Track will be able to:

- Identify corporate liability in handling and preserving electronic data.
- Perform the steps in evidence collection, handling and preservation.
- Identify forensic tools and their use in recovering operating systems artifacts and data and the classes of forensic tools and the tasks they perform.
- Apply the concepts of system policies, auditing and data recovery and perform forensic recovery operations using the latest tool sets.
- Configure logging utilities to track key events and preserve forensic evidence.
- Identify the classes of system exploits and the vulnerabilities they attack.
- Defend the network and system against hacking exploits and evaluate and select appropriate countermeasure products.
- Design an appropriate recovery strategy, create a disaster recovery plan and develop a plan to test the recovery plan.
- Develop criteria for comparing Intrusion Detection Systems and firewall products and configure such products to block unwanted transmissions.
- Synthesize auditing, computer forensic and investigative skills.

Course Requirements

Core Courses

- FSCOR 601 Criminal Justice
- FSCOR 604 Evidence
- FSCOR 606 Internet Research
- FSCOR 607 Forensics Review Journal
- FSCOR 664 Litigation Practice and Procedure
- FSCOR 702 Mock Trial Capstone

Required Information Technology Track Courses

- FSIS 600 Computer and Network Essentials for Forensic Investigators (not required for those with prior knowledge)
- FSIS 640 Technology Law and Enforcement Activities
- FSIS 642 File Systems Forensic Analysis
- FSIS 643 Incident Response and Evidence Collection
- FSIS 644 Windows Forensic Examinations

Electives (Choose 1)

- FSIS 646 Windows Intrusion Forensic Investigations
- FSIS 648 Disaster Recovery
- FSIS 650 Hacking Exploits and Intrusion Detection

Admissions and entry requirements

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Fees

See http://gps.stevenson.edu/tuition/

Contact Information

Carla Owens
Student support coordinator
COWENS@stevenson.edu
Tel: 1-443-352-4033