COM3066 - Cyber Security: Incident Response and Forensics
Course Description
This course addresses a contemporary Information Cyber Security need in forensics and incident response. Even the best maintained and defended networks are vulnerable to intrusion incidents. This course teaches computer forensics principles based around the purpose of enabling incident response actions in a business network environment. Building off a fundamental understanding of information security concepts, students will learn best practices for detecting, analyzing, and handling malicious activity. To assist students in maintaining currency with rapidly changing cyber security technologies, topics may include Linux forensics, Windows forensics, disk and memory forensics, malware triage, network forensics, threat modeling, analysis techniques, and incident response procedures.Learner Outcomes
By the end of the course students will be able to:
Describe appropriate measures to be taken should a system compromise occur.
Describe different types of attacks and their characteristics.
Identify the major concepts in modern operating systems and the basic security issues in OS design and implementation.
Describe the steps in performing digital forensics from the initial recognition of an incident through the steps of evidence gathering, preservation and analysis, through the completion of legal proceedings.
Notes
If you are a student with a documented disability please contact the Disability Support Services Office (DSSO) in ‘Ilima 107, ph.734-9552, or email kapdss@hawaii.edu for assistance. For students whose primary disability is Deaf or hard of hearing, contact the KCC Deaf Center at ph. 734-9210 (V), 447-1379 (videophone), or email kapdeaf1@hawaii.edu. Please note: you will need to contact Kapi’olani CC’s DSSO or Deaf Center to request accommodations in a KapCC course even if you’ve already registered or are receiving services at another UH campus’s disability support program.
Refund/Drop Policy:
100% refund: Notification to Non-Credit Registration made 10 business days or more prior to start of course.
50% refund: Notification to Non-Credit Registration made 5-9 business days prior to start of course.
0% refund: Notification to Non-Credit Registration made less than 5 business days prior to start of course.
Prerequisites
Contact the Information Technology Program Coordinator, Dale Nakasone at dalenaka@hawaii.edu, for consent prior to registering for the course.
This course is conducted online. This class is fully ASYNCHRONOUS: students are never required to meet with each other and/or the instructor at a specific time. However, the class includes one or more OPTIONAL synchronous online activities.
This course may require hardware and/or software supplies for hands-on activities up to $100. There is a course textbook for this course. Please contact Melissa Nakamura at mchar@hawaii.edu for more information on obtaining the textbook. The cost of the textbook is estimated at $50.
To take an online class, you need regular access to a desktop or laptop computer and a reliable internet connection.