# CSC501 / Cyber Security

## Syllabus

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## Resources

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<summary>M1: Introduction to Cyber Laws &#x26; Cyber Forensics</summary>

* **Classifications of Cyber Crimes**
  * Against individuals
  * Against property
  * Against the nation
* **Need for Digital Forensics**
  * Steps in digital forensics (scientific methods)
* **Number Systems for Data Representation**
  * Binary
  * Decimal
  * Hexadecimal
  * ASCII and Unicode
* **Arenas for Digital Forensics**
  * Disk
  * Network
  * Wireless
  * Database
  * Mobile
  * Email
  * GPS
  * Memory
* **Incident Handling and Response**
  * Forensic triage
* **Ethical Hacking**
* **Future of Cybercrime**

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<summary>M2: Fundamentals for Cyber Forensics</summary>

* Locard's Exchange Principle and Digital Forensic Investigation Models
* Types of digital evidence artifacts
* Raw vs proprietary forensic storage formats
* Identification of potential evidence:
  * Slack space
  * Swap space
  * Steganography
* Recovery of:
  * Hidden data
  * Deleted data
  * Corrupt data
* Standard file formats & headers
* Forensic file carving
* Investigation planning:
  * Order of volatility
  * Forensic triage
* Overview of file systems

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<summary>M3: Rules for Cyber Security and Digital Forensics</summary>

* Rules of collecting digital evidence
* Standard collection procedures:
  * Seizure
  * Write blockers
  * Bit-stream imaging
  * Hashing
  * Chain of Custody (COC)
  * Evidence bags
  * Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
* Sources and locations of digital evidence
* Duplicating and preserving evidence
* Importance of MAC timings
* Types of system logs
* Windows Registry

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<summary>M4: Implementation of Cyber Law and Digital Forensics</summary>

* Forensic laboratory requirements:
  * Setting up a lab
  * Evaluating lab staff
  * Selecting forensic workstations
* Backup and recovery plans
* Generating forensically sound reports
* Intellectual Property Rights and Cyber Laws in India:
  * IT Act 2000
  * 2008 Amendment
  * Related IPC sections
* Code of Ethics
* Role of Expert Witnesses
* Analysis of sample forensic reports

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<summary>M5: Practical Approaches to Cyber Forensics</summary>

* Evidence validation and gathering using:
  * DOS commands
  * Unix/Linux commands
* Forensic imaging with DD commands
* Software tools:
  * Open source frameworks
  * Proprietary frameworks
* Hardware tools:
  * Write blockers
  * Images and evidence protection containers/bags
* NIST tools:
  * CFReDS
  * CTFF
  * NSRL
* Analysing:
  * Email headers
  * Network packets

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## Notes

### MidTerm

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## Question Directory

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