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Access to a Digital Forensic Lab
Android Phones, iOS Phones, Windows Phones , GPS Devices, and Tablets
Digital Forensics Software (e.g. EnCase, XRY, Cellebrite, and Open Source Tools)

1. DEVELOP CRITICAL AWARENESS OF MOBILE MALWARE, INFECTION MECHANISMS, AND DEFENCE TOOLS AND STRATEGIES.
Knowledge & Understanding
Reflection

2. CRITICALLY DISCUSS THE FORENSICALLY SIGNIFICANT DATA STORED ON A MOBILE DEVICE AND THE MEANS TO RECOVER IT USING A VARIETY OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL STANDARD TECHNIQUES. Knowledge & Understanding

3. CRITICALLY ANALYSE AND EVALUATE RECOVERED DIGITAL EVIDENCE FROM A MOBILE DEVICE TO DETERMINE A HISTORY OF EVENTS IN ORDER TO RECONSTRUCT THE EVIDENCE.
Knowledge & Understanding

4. DEMONSTRATE A SYSTEMATIC LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE IN USING DIGITAL ANALYSIS TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES AND ASSOCIATED SCIENTIFIC RISKS AND PROPER USE OF ACPO GUIDELINES WITHIN MOBILE DEVICE INVESTIGATIONS.
Communication

Diognes, Y, and Ozkaya, E. (2018) Cybersecurity - Attack and Defense Strategies: Infrastructure security with Red Team and Blue Team tactics, PACKT Publishing, ISBN: 1788475291.

Nelson, B. and Steuart, C. (2015) Guide to Computer Forensics and Investigations, 5th Edition, Course Technology Publishers, ISBN: 1285060032.

Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR 2018 ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148:2011

Nikkel, B. (2016) Practical Forensic Imaging: Securing Digital Evidence with Linux Tools, No Starch Press, ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-793-2

Reiber, L. (2019) Mobile Forensic Investigations: A Guide to Evidence Collection, Analysis, and Presentation, Second Edition, McGraw Hill Education, ISBN-13: 978-1260135091

Doherty, E. P., (2013) Digital Forensics for Handheld Devices, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, ISBN 13: 978-1-4398-9878-9

Practical based scenarios and tutorials will be used to re-enforce and apply theory to encourage an analytical problem based approach to mobile malware analysis tools and techniques and forensic investigation of mobile devices using industry approved and open source tools.

Teaching delivery will consist of 13 hours of lectures and 26 hours practical/tutorial sessions

This module covers the main aspects and concepts of digital devices and their forensic significance through examination of:

- Mobile Phone devices
- Smart devices such as iPads
- Satellite Navigation systems
- Digital Cameras
- Notebooks
- Different mobile operating systems

This module covers areas of mobile device forensics including mobile malware and security, risk and vulnerabilities, detection methods and legal and technical aspects of the discipline. Furthermore, it covers the forensic investigation of mobile phones, digital cameras, GPS devices and notebooks.

A project report of 3,000 words weighted at 100%. (Learning Outcomes 1 - 4).

A practical assignment with supporting report. As part of the practical elements of the assignment, there will be an investigation scenario where students are required to analyse a mobile device, preserve the digital evidence and present the findings from using commercial and open source tools.