CS 482: Computer Forensics - Fall 2008

Class Assignment Schedule
Week	Starting	Topic	Reading Material	Due dates/Activities
01	Aug 25	Introduction	Casey chapters 1 & 2 (optional) Mandia chapters 2 & 3	Read the CISAT library's guide on accessing online resources from off-campus and verify that you can access the material from the syllabus. Make sure you have a way to generate PDF documents. Homework #1 is assigned Lab #1 is assigned
02	Sep 01	Forensics, Law, & Technology	Casey chapters 3, 6, & 7 (optinal) Mandia chapter 9
03	Sep 08	Forensic Process	Casey chapters 4, 5, & 9 Reith et al., An Examination of Digital Forensic Models	Lab #1 due
04	Sep 15	Seizing Evidence	Farmer chapters 1 & 2 (optional) Mandia chapters 5, 6, & 7	Lab #2 is assigned
05	Sep 22	Simple File Systems	Carrier chapter 15: Ext2 and Ext3 Data Structures FAT12 paper (available in Blackboard) (optional) Mandia chapter 10
06	Sep 29	Advanced File Systems	Carrier chapter 13: NTFS Data Structures TBD	Lab #2 due
07	Oct 06	Evidence in Linux and Windows Systems	Casey chapters 10 and 11 Farmer chapters 3 & 4 (optional) Mandia chapters 12 and 13	Lab #3 is assigned
08	Oct 13	Analysis Strategies
09	Oct 20	Malware Analysis	Farmer chapter 6 (optional) Mandia chapter 15 Malware analysis write-ups (available through Blackboard)
10	Oct 27	Malware Analysis II		Lab #3 due
11	Nov 03	Malware Analysis III		Lab #4 is assigned
12	Nov 10	Malware Analysis IV		Homework #2 is assigned
13	Nov 17	Evasion and Data Hiding or other topic TBD (reading list is tentative at this point)	Farmer chapter 5 Provos and Honeyman, Hide and Seek: An Introduction to Stegangography Casey, Practical Approaches to Recovering Encrypted Digital Evidence
14	Nov 24	Thanksgiving break		Lab #4 due
15	Dec 01	Review

Syllabus - Schedule - Submission Guidelines