Reference no: EM131665829 , Length: word count:2000

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