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Designing a computer forensics concentration for cross-disciplinary undergraduate students

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In this paper, we design and expand the highly successful Information Assurance (IA) program through education and training opportunities in digital forensics for students in other disciplines, and for local law enforcement professionals. Faculty development efforts will focus on the formation of a rich, lab-based teaching environment for instruction and applied research in digital forensics technology. In this project, two academic departments, Computer & Information Sciences (CIS), and Sociology and Criminal Justice (SCJ), will develop a cross-disciplinary computer concentration in digital forensics that positions students for professional certification; this concentration is suitable for undergraduate students and law enforcement professionals.

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InfoSecCD '10: 2010 Information Security Curriculum Development Conference
October 2010
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DOI:10.1145/1940941
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  1. active leaning
  2. cross-disciplinary
  3. digital forensics
  4. hands-on lab
  5. learning by doing

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  • (2021)Design of Network Forensics Labs for Teaching-oriented Institutions2021 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI)10.1109/CSCI54926.2021.00213(959-963)Online publication date: Dec-2021
  • (2019)Project Design and Implementation for Digital Forensics EducationProceedings of the 20th Annual SIG Conference on Information Technology Education10.1145/3349266.3351402(33-38)Online publication date: 26-Sep-2019
  • (2014)Developing a new digital forensics curriculumDigital Investigation: The International Journal of Digital Forensics & Incident Response10.5555/2838421.283844211:S2(S76-S84)Online publication date: 1-Aug-2014

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