IT Management
Digital Forensics Minor
As cyber crime increases, so does the job market for proficient digital forensics investigators and technicians. IT Management's newest minor teaches students the latest techniques in digital forensics and incident response along with security testing and computer system diagnostics. They will gain knowledge specific to standard computer operating systems, networks, and hardware as well as security software and document-creation applications.
Hands-on activities will:
- Explore techniques used to investigate crimes perpetrated over the internet, in the cloud, and other telecommunications networks
- Analyze crimes such as fraud, espionage, and social engineering, email scams, and phishing
- Delve into specialized areas of digital forensics including information hiding, anti-forensics, and network forensics, data hiding, cryptography, and steganography
- Help students gain insight into the motives behind white-collar crime and the enforcement strategies and techniques applied in these cases
Required Courses for the 2024-2025 Catalog
- IT 238: Intro to Cyberwarfare - 4 credits
- IT 336: Digital Forensics - 4 credits
- IT 351: Computer Networks - 4 credits
- IT 370: Command Line Interface & Cybersecurity - 4 credits
- IT 436: Cyberattack and Defense - 4 credits
- IT 437: Mobile and Cloud Forensics - 4 credits
Total Credits: 24
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