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IT-703 (A) · Cyber Laws and Forensics/Official Syllabus

Cyber Laws and Forensics (IT-703 (A)) - Official Syllabus

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Unit 1

Introduction to cybercrime

  • Introduction to cybercrime, definition, cyber crime and information security, classification of cybercrimes
  • cybercrime: the legal perspectives, an Indian perspective, cybercrime and the Indian ITA 2000, a global perspective on cybercrime
  • Cyber offences: How criminals plan them, Tools and methods used in cyber crime
  • Need of 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
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Unit 2

Law and framework for information security

  • law for intellectual property rights(IPR), patent law, copy right law, Indian copyright act
  • privacy issue and law in Hong Kong, Japan, and Australia, data protection act in Europe, health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996(HIPAA), Gramm-leach-Bliley act of 1999(GLAB), Sarbanes-Oxley(SOX)
  • legal issue in data mining, building security into software/system development life cycle
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Unit 3

Digital forensics Science

  • The need for computer forensics, Understanding computer forensics, computer forensics versus other related disciplines, A 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, antiforensics
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Unit 4

Current Computer Forensics Tools

  • 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, Other GUI Forensics Tools
  • Computer Forensics Hardware Tools, Forensic Workstations
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Unit 5

Forensics of hand held devices

  • 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

Reference Books

  • The Indian Cyber law with Cyber glossary
  • Law of Cyber Crimes and Information Technology Law
  • Digital Forensics with Open Source Tools
  • Guide to Computer Forensics and Investigations
  • Digital forensics: Digital evidence in criminal investigation
  • Cyber Security
  • Information system security
  • Information Warfare: Corporate attack and defense in digital world
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