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IT-703 (A) RGPV B.Tech

Cyber Laws and Forensics (CLF)

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Syllabus, notes and important questions for IT-703 (A)

Syllabus units

Topics as the official RGPV syllabus lists them.

Unit 1 Introduction to cybercrime 15 topics
  • Definition of cybercrime
  • Cyber crime and information security
  • Classification of cybercrimes
  • Legal perspectives of cybercrime
  • Indian perspective on cybercrime
  • Cybercrime and the Indian ITA 2000
  • Global perspective on cybercrime
  • Cyber offences and criminal planning
  • Tools and methods used in cyber crime
  • Need for cyber law
  • The Indian IT Act
  • Challenges to Indian law and cybercrime scenario in India
  • Digital signature and Indian IT Act
  • Amendments in the Indian IT Act
  • Cybercrime and punishment
Unit 1 notes
Unit 2 Law and framework for information security 11 topics
  • Law for intellectual property rights (IPR)
  • Patent law
  • Copyright law
  • Indian Copyright Act
  • Privacy issues and law in Hong Kong, Japan, and Australia
  • Data Protection Act in Europe
  • Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) 1996
  • Gramm‑Leach‑Bliley Act (GLBA) 1999
  • Sarbanes‑Oxley Act (SOX)
  • Legal issues in data mining
  • Building security into software/system development life cycle
Unit 2 notes
Unit 3 Digital Forensics Science 15 topics
  • Need for computer forensics
  • Understanding computer forensics
  • Computer forensics vs. related disciplines
  • Brief history of computer forensics
  • Cyber forensics and digital evidence
  • Digital forensics lifecycle
  • Chain of custody concept
  • Network forensics
  • Approaching a computer forensics investigation
  • Setting up a computer forensics laboratory
  • Forensics and social networking sites
  • Computer forensics from compliance perspective
  • Challenges in computer forensics
  • Forensics auditing
  • Anti‑forensics
Unit 3 notes
Unit 4 Current Computer Forensics Tools 11 topics
  • Evaluating computer forensics tool needs
  • Types of computer forensics tools
  • Tasks performed by computer forensics tools
  • Tool comparisons
  • Other considerations for tools
  • Computer forensics software tools
  • Command‑line forensics tools
  • UNIX/Linux forensics tools
  • GUI forensics tools
  • Computer forensics hardware tools
  • Forensic workstations
Unit 4 notes
Unit 5 Forensics of hand‑held devices and network forensics 7 topics
  • Forensics of hand‑held devices
  • Investigating network intrusions and cyber crime
  • Network forensics and investigating logs
  • Investigating network traffic
  • Investigating web attacks
  • Router forensics
  • Cyber forensics tools and case studies
Unit 5 notes
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Exam insights

Counted from 4 past IT-703 (A) papers.

Marks asked per paper, by unit

  • Unit 1 Introduction to cybercrime 30 marks
  • Unit 2 Law and framework for information security 20 marks
  • Unit 3 Digital Forensics Science 25 marks
  • Unit 4 Current Computer Forensics Tools 15 marks
  • Unit 5 Forensics of hand‑held devices and network forensics 10 marks

Average marks of the questions from each unit in one paper. You answer only some of them, so the total is more than the paper’s maximum.

Asked again and again

  1. What are the key provisions of the Indian IT Act, 2000 concerning cyber offences?

    Asked 4 times: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

  2. Explain the concept of chain of custody in digital forensics.

    Asked 3 times: 2021, 2023, 2024

  3. List and describe major computer forensics tools used for data acquisition.

    Asked 2 times: 2022, 2024

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