Week 1
- Administrivia
- Roles, Goals, and Resources
Week 2
- Evidence, Chain-of-Custody, Seizure, Protocols
- Examples of Protocols and Guidelines
Week 3
- Thumb/Flash drives, CDs, and DVDs
- Hard drives
Week 4
- File Systems: Windows: FAT, NTFS
- File Systems: Linux: Ext2 and Ext3 (Maybe Ext4)
Week 5
- File Systems: OS X: GPT and HFS+
- File Systems: RAIDS, Logical Volumes, etc
Week 6
- Windows: The Registry
- Windows: Malware
Week 7
- Windows: Core Forensics, Volatility
- Windows Forensics, Beyond the filesystem
Week 8
- Exam #1
- Authoring written reports
Week 9
- Linux: OS Metadata
- Linux: OS Configuration Files
Week 10
- Audio, Still Images, and Video; Fuzzy Hashes
- Structured data, generally
Week 11
- Networking, Email, Service Providers, and Portals
- Cellphones, Game Systems, SQLLite
Week 12
- Virtual Machines, Clouds
- Managing and Organizing data
Week 13
- Testifying and Depositions
- IP, Patents, and Software, Patent Charts
Week 14
- Development Processes and Deficiencies
- Thanksgiving -- No class
Week 15
- Software and Computer System Defects
- Wrap-up
Final Exams
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