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- 1. CIS 562 Week 3 Assignment 1 Professional Forensics Basics FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.cis562study.com Assignment 1: Professional Forensics Basics Due Week 3 and worth 50 points Suppose you are the CISO at a large company and are trying to convince the Board of Directors that there is a business need for a system forensics department and lab, and substantial funding is needed. Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you: Develop a compelling argument that you would present to the Board, making a case for creating a system forensics department and building a functional lab. Describe the difference between corporate investigations and law enforcement investigations and determine why corporate investigations are an integral part of an information security program. Explain the importance of employing dedicated system forensics specialists who are familiar with multiple computing platforms and the
- 2. negative affect the lack of familiarization can have on an investigation. Compare and contrast public laws and company policy in terms of computer forensics and identify the role each plays in an investigation. Analyze the importance of using forensic specialists and professional conduct in an investigation and the affect this has in a court case and / or corporation investigation. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment.Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: Identify the computer forensics investigation process. Outline system forensics issues, laws, and skills.
- 3. Use technology and information resources to research advanced issues in computer forensics. Write clearly and concisely about topics related to computer forensics planning using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions. ============================================== CIS 562 Week 8 Case Study 3 AnalyzingStuxnet FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.cis562study.com Case Study 3: AnalyzingStuxnet Due Week 8 and worth 60 points Read the article titled, “How Digital Detectives Deciphered Stuxnet, the Most Menacing Malware in History” located at the Wired link below: Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:
- 4. Explain the forensic technique Symantec researchers employed in order to receive the traffic sent by Stuxnet-infected computers and describe what their analysis uncovered. Identify what researchers were surprised to discover with Stuxnet’s malicious DLL file. Assess this significant function of malware and what potential dangers it could present in the future. Determine the primary reason that critical infrastructures are open to attacks which did not seem possible just a couple of decades earlier. Decide whether or not an appropriate case has been made in which Stuxnet was indeed a targeted attack on an Iranian nuclear facility, based on the evidence and conclusions of the researchers. Provide your rationale with your response. Use at least two (2) quality resources in this assignment other than the article linked above. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
- 5. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: Outline system forensics issues, laws, and skills. Analyze and describe the process of reviewing network logs for analysis. Use technology and information resources to research advanced issues in computer forensics. Write clearly and concisely about topics related to computer forensics planning using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions. ============================================== CIS 562 Week 9 Assignment 4 Email Harassment FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.cis562study.com Assignment 4: Email Harassment Due Week 9 and worth 50 points Suppose you are an internal investigator for a large software development company. The Human Resources Department has
- 6. requested you investigate the accusations that one employee has been harassing another over both the corporate Exchange email system and Internet-based Yahoo! email. Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you: Create an outline of the steps you would take in examining the email accusations that have been identified. Describe the information that can be discovered in email headers and determine how this information could potentially be used as evidence in the investigation. Analyze differences between forensic analysis on the corporate Exchange system and the Internet-based Yahoo! System. Use this analysis to determine the challenges that exist for an investigator when analyzing email sent from an Internet-based email system outside of the corporate network. Select one (1) software-based forensic tool for email analysis that you would utilize in this investigation. Describe its use, features, and how it would assist in this scenario. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment.Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
- 7. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: Describe and analyze practices in obtaining digital evidence. Demonstrate the ability to develop procedural techniques in crime and incident scenes. Describe processes in recovering graphic, mobile and email files. Use technology and information resources to research advanced issues in computer forensics. Write clearly and concisely about topics related to computer forensics planning using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions. ============================================== CIS 562 Week 10 Term Paper Corporate Embezzlement FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.cis562study.com
- 8. Term Paper: Corporate Embezzlement Due Week 10 and worth 200 points Imagine you are employed by a large city police department as the leader of the digital forensics division. A large corporation in the city has contacted the police for assistance in investigating its concerns that the company Chief Financial Officer (CFO) has been using company money to fund personal travel, gifts, and other expenses. As per the company security director, potential evidence collected thus far includes emails, bank statements, cancelled checks, a laptop, and a mobile device. Write an eight to ten (8-10) page plan report in which you: Explain the processes you would use to seize, search, collect, store, and transport devices and other potential sources of evidence. Indicate the personnel resources needed for the investigation and assess why you believe this amount of resources is warranted. List the initial questions you would have for the security director regarding the company’s email environment and explain the tasks you would consider performing for this portion of the investigation. Create an outline of the steps you would take to ensure that if a trial were brought against the CFO, the evidence collected would be admissible in the court of law. Determine the potential evidence (including logs, devices, etc.) you would request from the company security director based on what she
- 9. has identified and identify the other data sources you might consider reviewing. Explicate the tools you would use for this investigation based on the potential evidence the company security director has already identified, as well as any other potential sources of evidence you might review. Describe the procedure and tool(s) you would consider utilizing for acquiring potential evidence from the CFO’s mobile device. Use at least five (5) quality resources in this assignment.Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: Describe and analyze practices in obtaining digital evidence. Compare and contrast the various types of computer forensic tools.
- 10. Demonstrate the ability to develop procedural techniques in crime and incident scenes. Describe processes in recovering graphic, mobile, and email files. Develop a computer forensics plan that addresses and solves a proposed business problem. Use technology and information resources to research advanced issues in computer forensics. Write clearly and concisely about topics related to computer forensics planning using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions. Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric. ==============================================