Task: Forensics Report
In this major task assume you are a Digital Forensics Examiner. Considering a real or a hypothetical case you are required to produce a formal report consisting of facts from your findings to your attorney who has retained you. You are free to choose a forensics scenario which can be the examination of a storage media (HDD, USB Drive, etc), email or social media forensics, mobile device forensics, cloud forensics or any other appropriate scenario you can think of.
Executive Summary or Abstract - This section provides a brief overview of the case, your involvement as an examiner, authorisation, major findings and conclusion
Introduction:
Table of Contents
- Analysis: relevant programs, techniques, graphics
- Findings: Specific files/images, type of searches, type of evidence, indicators of ownership
- Conclusion: Summary, Results
- References: Must cite references to all material used as sources for the content
Rationale -
This assessment task covers data validation, e-discovery, steganography, reporting and presenting, and has been designed to ensure that you are engaging with the subject content on a regular basis. More specifically it seeks to assess your ability to:
- determine the legal and ethical considerations for investigating and prosecuting digital crimes;
- analyse data on storage media and various file systems;
- collect electronic evidence without compromising the original data;
- evaluate the functions and features of digital forensics equipment, the environment and the tools for a digital forensics lab;
- compose technical tactics in digital crimes and assess the steps involved in a digital forensics investigation;
- prepare and defend reports on the results of an investigation
Deliverable: A forensics report of 1800-2000 words.
Assignment Files -
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1xjct658a3eeji5/Forensics%20Report%20Assignment%20Files.rar?dl=0