15-498 Tentative Schedule

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

  • Enjoy!