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CS552E: DIGITAL FORENSICS AND INCIDENT MANAGEMENT (2023-2024)

Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 10:43


Course Overview

Data breaches are everywhere, and cyber incidents can be extremely costly for an organization. Therefore, the speed at which you identify a violation and respond to the incident is critical to your data and systems' security. This course will provide technical and legal discussions on incident detection, investigation, response, and digital forensic techniques. It will walk you through best practices for everything from incident response to in-depth digital forensics. This will help the student identify vulnerabilities and better communicate breaches to those impacted.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term Second Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Pradip Sharma

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Master Of Science In Cybersecurity
  • Any Postgraduate Programme

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

  • CS502E Digital Forensics and Incident Management (Studied)
  • CS55CE Digital Forensics and Incident Management (Studied)

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

Data breaches are everywhere, and cyber incidents can be extremely costly for an organization. Therefore, the speed at which you identify a violation and respond to the incident is critical to your data and systems' security. This course will provide technical and legal discussions on incident detection, investigation, response, and digital forensic techniques. It will walk you through best practices for everything from incident response to in-depth digital forensics. This will help the student identify vulnerabilities and better communicate breaches to those impacted. 


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Class Test - Multiple Choice Questions

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 25
Assessment Weeks 25 Feedback Weeks 25

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Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualAnalyseAnalyse the breach and respond to the incident in the cybersecurity industry, financial institutions and other knowledge transfer activities
ConceptualApplyUnderstand how to design protection plans for incident response

Take Home Exam

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 25
Assessment Weeks 24 Feedback Weeks 24

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Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualAnalyseAnalyse the breach and respond to the incident in the cybersecurity industry, financial institutions and other knowledge transfer activities
ProceduralAnalyseUnderstand the concepts of digital forensics and incident management

Class Test

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 25
Assessment Weeks 26 Feedback Weeks 26

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Online

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualApplyUnderstand how to design protection plans for incident response
ConceptualApplyState-of-the-art knowledge in digital forensics and incident management

Case Study (Report and Presentation)

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 25
Assessment Weeks 26 Feedback Weeks 26

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2,000 words

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ProceduralAnalyseAnalyse the cybersecurity risk quantification 

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Resit of Failed Elements

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(Continuous Assessment Courses Only) Where a student fails the course overall they will be afforded the opportunity to resit those parts of the course that they failed (pass marks will be carried forward).

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualAnalyseAnalyse the breach and respond to the incident in the cybersecurity industry, financial institutions and other knowledge transfer activities
ProceduralAnalyseAnalyse the cybersecurity risk quantification 
ConceptualApplyState-of-the-art knowledge in digital forensics and incident management
ConceptualApplyUnderstand how to design protection plans for incident response
ProceduralAnalyseUnderstand the concepts of digital forensics and incident management

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