ISN 1803 Computer Forensics &

Investigation

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 Instructor:
 CLARENCE LAGERA
 MM, MBA, CISSP, CCFP
 20+ years
 VP – Sales & Marketing, IT PhilCom PLDT
 Director for Business Dev't – North America

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 House Rules:
 Synchronous/Asynchronous class
 Lecture
 Mid-term Test
 Final Test
 Assignment
 Absence (Medical certificate)
 Absolute academic integrity
 Coffee break

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 Test Rules:
Mid-term test
Final Test

CBT, sequential, auto submit

Install LockDown Browser

Advise in advance if unable to take test/quiz

Absence (Medical certificate)

Cheating = 0

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 Assignment/Exercise Rules:
 Use Word format (Technical exercises) in Letter size
 Read instructions fully and carefully
 Delete all instructions except relevant headers
 Use own words; Understand the lesson
 Copy/paste images to fit Word format in Portrait mode
 Ensure solution is clear and readable
 No resubmission after grading
 No verifiable name = 0 (Technical exercises)
 Not following instructions = 50% off; Non-PDF = 50% off
 Late = 50% off
 Cheating = 0 (Plagiarism, etc)
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 Grading System:
 30% In-class Assignment (10%x3)
 40% Assignment (20%x2)
 15% Mid-term test
 15% Final Test

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 Grading System:
 94-100, A+, 4.0 67-69, C+, 2.3
 87- 93, A, 3.7 63-66, C, 2.0
 80- 86, A-, 3.5 60-62, C-, 1.7
 77- 79, B+, 3.2 50-59, D, 1.0
 73- 76, B, 3.0 0 -49, F, 0.0
 70- 72, B-, 2.7

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 Course Outline:
1. Preparations to pursue computer forensics as a profession
2. Corporate investigation procedures and requirements to setup
investigators office
3. Methods of data acquisition, forensics workstation and software,
certifications needed, security clearance, and the physical layout
of a computer forensics lab
4. Steps in processing crime and incident scenes
5. Use computer forensics tools
6. Analyze file systems of different operating systems, including VM
and live acquisition
7. Illustrate computer forensics analysis addressing data hiding
techniques and recovering graphic files

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