CIS 236 - Cyber Forensics and the Expert Witness

5 Credits

Builds on CIS 235. This course is designed to prepare Cyber Forensics students in supporting corporate litigation matters in which digital data is the focus. Students document weekly forensic and legal activities as they perform electronic discovery searches and forensic analysis of data from compromised and / or seized system images Students produce a detailed forensic report and present their findings in a mock courtroom environment. This course stresses the importance of examiner credibility and ethics in the court system.

Pre-requisite(s) CIS 235 min 2.0 and concurrent enrollment in LEGAL 220
FeesCF

Quarters Typically Offered
Spring Evening

Designed to Serve Students enrolled in the Digital Forensis and Investigations AAS program. Industry professionals want to advance skills in producing forensics reports on compromised system images using forensics tools.
Active Date 20200330T21:14:46

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 24
Contact Hours: Lecture 44 Lab 22
Total Contact Hours 66
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Restricted Elective Yes
Course Outline

Legal Procedures
- Duty to preserve
- Electronic Discovery
- The EDRM
- Communication with non-technical clients
Detailed Report Preparation
- Forensic journals
- The Curriculum Vitae
Evidence Analysis
- Acquisition of Evidence
- Chain of custody
- Responding to Electronic discovery requests
- Effectively searching data for Electronic discovery requests
- Producing data for Electronic discovery requests
Reporting
- Detailed report writing
- Ethics in the Forensic Field
- Understanding the importance of examiner credibility in the court system
- Expert Witness Preparation
- Cross examination of opposing examiner’s report
- Mock Trials

Student Learning Outcomes
Understand the role of the forensic examiner in the legal process and the importance of ethics and examiner credibility for the expert witness.

Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively with non-technical persons such as paralegals, attorneys, judges, advocates, and juries.

Use electronic discovery tools to identify and retrieve e-discovery evidence from digital devices and systems.

Demonstrate the ability to recover electronic evidence in a manner that ensures it is forensically sound for use in a court of law.

Analyze forensic evidence, and document procedures in a manner that allow legal personnel to comprehend and use the findings in a court of law.

Be able to compose a well written forensic report, one that is suitable for discovery challenges by legal personnel.