Assignment

Unit 1

8-10 pages for the shell document with formatting; 2-3 pages.

For the assignments in this course, you will be developing a Forensics Research Report. Your first task in this process is identified below (under New Content)

You will also create the shell document for the final project deliverable that you will be working on during each unit. As you proceed through each project phase, you will add contents to each section of the final document to gradually complete the final project delivery. Appropriate research should be conducted to support the development of your document, and assumptions may be made when necessary.

The following are the project deliverables:

• Forensics Research Report document shell

o Use Word

o Title page

- Course number and name
- Project name
- Your name
- Date

o Table of Contents (TOC)

- Use an autogenerated TOC.
- This should be on a separate page.
- This should be a maximum of 3 levels deep.
- Be sure to update the fields of the TOC so that it is up-to-date before submitting your project.

o Section Headings (Create each heading on a new page with "TBD" as the content, except for the section listed under New Content below.)

- Electronic Evidence and Crime
- The Crime Scene
- Chain of Custody Concerns
- Digital Evidence and Admissibility
- Process for Evidence Used in Legal Proceedings

o References

New Content

• Electronic Evidence and Crime

o Using a search engine with queries such as "legal cases involving digital evidence," "criminal cases involving electronic evidence," and "civil cases involving digital evidence," choose a case. (There is 1 case you cannot choose: it involves Kimmy, Kruse, and Cam).

o Describe the digital evidence used in the case and explain how it supported the investigation.
o Identify how the evidence was found.
o Discuss how the evidence may have been analyzed.
o Be sure to cite the case research in the references.

Unit 2

10-12 pages, with 2-3 pages specifically for new content assignment. For this assignment, you will review the case of Kimmy, Kruse, and Cameron. You are expected to search additional sources about the case. You must complete the following:

• Identify what is considered crucial electronic evidence for this case.
• Identify how the police obtained the electronic evidence.
• Discuss what you believe the electronic crime scene is in this case.
• Discuss what electronic evidence you believe was admissible in court from this case.

The following are the project deliverables:

• Update the Forensics Research Report document title page with a new date and project name.
• Update the previously completed sections based on the instructor's feedback.
• New Content: The Crime Scene (see instructions listed above)
• Be sure to update your table of contents before submission.
• Name the document "yourname_CSS350_IP2.doc."

Reference

Kushner, D. (2011, October 27). Murder by text. Vanity Fair.

Unit 3

12-15 pages, with 2-3 pages specifically for Week 3's new content assignment.

For this assignment, you will conduct Internet research and create an opinion based on how best to collect evidence from a case involving social media. Please discuss how you would maintain the chain of custody for these types of cases. You will need to consider the following:

• What physical and electronic evidence can you as the investigator obtain?
• How would you safeguard that evidence?
• How would you create a chain of custody for this evidence?
• What are the limitations when protecting evidence only found online or in the cloud?

Before writing this section, complete the following:

The following are the project deliverables:

• Update the Forensics Research Report document title page with a new date and project name.
• Update the previously completed sections based on the instructor's feedback.
• New Content: Chain of Custody Concerns (see instructions listed above)
• Be sure to update your table of contents before submission.

References

Russell, L. (2013, April 24). When oversharing online can get you arrested. CNN.

United States v. Meregildo. 920 F.Supp.2d 434 (S.D.N.Y. 2013).

Unit 4

15-17 pages, with 2-3 pages specifically for Week 4's new content assignment

For this assignment, you will conduct Internet research and discuss the causes for why electronic evidence may be found inadmissible in court. Be sure to address the following:

• Spoliation
• Tampering
• Fruit of the poisonous tree

The following are the project deliverables:

• Update the Forensics Research Report document title page with a new date and project name.
• Update the previously completed sections based on the instructor's feedback.
• New Content: Chain of Custody Concerns (see instructions above)
• Be sure to update your table of contents before submission.

Unit 5

17-20 pages, with 2-3 pages specifically for new content assignment

For this assignment, you will conduct Internet research and create a guide for how you, as an investigator, plan to accomplish the following:

• Collect electronic evidence - list the tools and methods you would use to collect a forensic image of a hard drive while on scene.
• Store electronic evidence - explain best practices for storing, packaging and documenting the evidence found on scene.
• Analyze electronic evidence - what are some ways investigators analyze electronic evidence such as tools, methods and sources of artifacts.

This guide should assume that the evidence will be used in a legal proceeding. You may include templates and forms which you would use while at the crime scene or in the lab (an example would be a sign in and out log for the storage area).

The following are the project deliverables:

• Update the Forensics Research Report document title page with a new date and project name.
• Update the previously completed sections based on the instructor's feedback.
• New Content: Process for Evidence Used in Legal Proceedings
• Be sure to update your table of contents before submission.

Attachment:- Computer-Forensics.rar