Graduate Certificate in High Technology Crime Investigation

http://www.zu.ac.ae/main/en/colleges/colleges/college_information_technology/graduate_certificate_programs/cr_invest/intro.aspx

Course length

The Graduate Certificate in High Technology Crime Investigation program is delivered over a period of 9 months at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi and/or Dubai.

Course description

The Graduate Certificate in High Technology Crime Investigation program prepares information technology professionals to perform computer forensic investigations. The increase of high technology crime has generated an urgent need for a new type of investigator who can combine the science of information technology and forensic science with the art of investigations and critical thinking. Today, any crime that involves a computer as a part of the crime, as the crime itself or as the storage place for evidence, may be part of an investigation.

Graduates of the Graduate Certificate in High Technology Crime Investigation program will be prepared to work in local, state, national and international organizations in the public and corporate sectors. They will have the skills to investigate a variety of cases that include identity theft, fraud, child exploitation, money laundering and violent crimes.

Furthermore, graduates excel in their ability to:

- Understand the information technology essentials necessary to deal with computers, storage devices and computerized data in the context of a crime scene;
- Conduct a crime scene investigation to properly handle and seize computers, related devices, and computerized data;
- Successfully recover digital evidence related to a crime scene;
- Successfully analyze digital evidence related to a crime scene; and
- Write a cogent report describing the nature of the digital evidence and analysis of that evidence to assist in the prosecution of the crime.

Admissions and entry requirements

See http://www.zu.ac.ae/main/en/colleges/graduate_studies/admissions.aspx

Fees

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Master of Science (M.S.) in Information Technology (Specialization in Cyber Security)

http://www.zu.ac.ae/main/en/colleges/colleges/college_information_technology/graduate_programs/ms_information_technology/intro.aspx

Course length

The Master of Science in Information Technology (Specialization in Cyber Security) program is delivered over a period of 24 months at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi and/or Dubai.

Course description

At the beginning of the program, students take an intensive one-day orientation seminar. The orientation offers a number of workshops to introduce students to the program, during which students are introduced to Blackboard (virtual classroom software), case study and analysis, library resources, and the writing of reports and reference citations.

The Master of Science in Information Technology (Specialization in Cyber Security) curriculum consists of 10 courses and an independent research project for a total of 36 credits for the Masters degree.

Year One

- CIT 500 Computer Hardware and Software Platforms
- CIT 505 Information Security
- CIT 508 Network System Administration
- CIT 510 Information Security Policy, Ethics and Law
- CIT 515 Network and Internet Security
- CIT 530 Computer and Internet-related Investigations (Digital Forensics 1)

Year Two

- CIT 520 Information Security Management
- CIT 535 Computer Evidence Recovery (Digital Forensics 11)
- CIT 538 Network Analysis and Investigations (Digital Forensics 111)
- CIT 540 Transactional Web Services Security
- CIT 599 Independent Research*

*Graduate students will complete a research component that combines knowledge developed in the courses with a literature survey to investigate a specific problem of significance in the field.

Admissions and entry requirements

See http://www.zu.ac.ae/main/en/colleges/graduate_studies/admissions.aspx

Fees

See http://www.zu.ac.ae/main/en/colleges/graduate_studies/admissions.aspx

Contact Person

Salah Shembesh
Graduate Student Recruitment Officer
Salah.Shembesh@zu.ac.ae
Tel: +971-2-599-3605, +971-50-4541-176