Description

Term Paper - ACG 6498

The term paper will be on any topic covered in the class discussion or in the text. No approval for your topic is required. The maximum length permissible will be 10 typewritten pages, double-spaced with standard margins and a 12-point proportional font, including tables, figures, exhibits, and bibliography, and appendices. The cover page does not count towards the page limit. You should follow the specific instructions we will post on our Canvas course site, and instructions that we post there have precedence over those given here. Included with the final examination will be instructions on how to submit the paper and final. Do not submit the paper before the submission instructions are posted. April 1st

Topics that it can cover are as followed:

•  Explain the issues address by computer forensics
•  Explain the issues address by computer forensics.
•  Explain how to set up an investigation involving computer forensics
• Explain the different types of digital forensics investigations
• Identify the key factors in setting up a computer forensics lab
• Acquire and validate digital evidence under a wide range of typical scenarios
•  Explain how to process incident and crime scenes
• Conduct investigation involving various types of data sources, including accounting systems, text files, email, and various types of documents and files.
• Process and analyze forensic digital evidence with various operating systems
• Identify the major functions of widely-used computer forensic software platforms
• Recover various types of files, including those that are encrypted