Notice
As part of Phase 3 of our return to campus plan, most units will now run tutorials, seminars and other small group activities on campus, and most will keep an online version available to those students unable to return or those who choose to continue their studies online.
To check the availability of face-to-face and online activities for your unit, please go to timetable viewer. To check detailed information on unit assessments visit your unit's iLearn space or consult your unit convenor.
Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convenor, Lecturer
Muhammad Ikram
Contact via +61 2 9850 8439
Room 286, BD Building 4RD
Lecturer
Alireza Jolfaei
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
(COMP1010 or COMP125) and (COMP1350 or ISYS114)
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
COMP2250 or COMP247
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit provides an introduction to digital forensics and incident response methods, techniques and tools. Strong emphasis is given to ethics, the laws and procedures as students are exposed to forensics techniques used to collect and recover data. Students are taught how to conduct digital investigations following the process of preserving, acquiring, analysing and presenting digital evidence.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
No extensions will be granted without an approved application for Special Consideration. There will be a deduction of 10% of the total available marks made from the total awarded mark for each 24 hour period or part thereof that the submission is late. For example, 25 hours late in submission for an assignment worth 10 marks – 20% penalty or 2 marks deducted from the total. No submission will be accepted after solutions have been posted.
Assessment Type1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task2: 5 hours
Assessment Type1: Project
Indicative Time on Task2: 7 hours
Due: Week 7
Weighting: 15%
This assignment deals with the recovery of digital evidence and is due on week 7. The assignment is to be submitted via iLearn.
On successful completion you will be able to:
Assessment Type1: Project
Indicative Time on Task2: 8 hours
Due: Week 12
Weighting: 15%
This group assignment deals with the response to an incident. It involves following defined procedures to recover and present evidence. It features the submission of a report and a presentation . It is due on week 12. The assignment is to be submitted via iLearn.
On successful completion you will be able to:
Assessment Type1: Examination
Indicative Time on Task2: 10 hours
Due: Week 5
Weighting: 20%
A 50 minutes long written examination worth 20% that will be held in week 5 during practical class. This will test your understanding of material covered in weeks 1 to 4.
On successful completion you will be able to:
Assessment Type1: Examination
Indicative Time on Task2: 10 hours
Due: Week 9
Weighting: 20%
A 50 minutes long written examination worth 20% that will be held in week 5 during practical class. This will test your understanding of material covered in weeks 5 to 8.
On successful completion you will be able to:
Assessment Type1: Examination
Indicative Time on Task2: 10 hours
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 20%
A 50 minutes long written examination worth 20% that will be held in week 5 during practical class. This will test your understanding of material covered in weeks 9 to 12.
On successful completion you will be able to:
1 If you need guidance or support to understand or complete this type of assessment, please contact the Learning Skills Team
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Weekly Tasks | 10% | Yes | Weekly |
Assignment 1 | 15% | No | Week 7 |
Assignment 2 | 15% | No | Week 12 |
Module Exam #1 | 20% | No | Week 5 |
Module Exam #2 | 20% | No | Week 9 |
Module Exam #3 | 20% | No | Week 13 |
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 15 hours
Due: Weekly
Weighting: 10%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
Each week, a set of exercises will be available online. Some require written submissions, while some are multiple choice. Your solutions should be submitted electronically via iLearn before the deadline specified in the text.
Assessment Type 1: Project
Indicative Time on Task 2: 15 hours
Due: Week 7
Weighting: 15%
This assignment deals with the recovery of digital evidence and is due on week 7. The assignment is to be submitted via iLearn.
Assessment Type 1: Project
Indicative Time on Task 2: 15 hours
Due: Week 12
Weighting: 15%
This group assignment deals with the response to an incident. It involves following defined procedures to recover and present evidence. It features the submission of a report and a presentation . It is due on week 12. The assignment is to be submitted via iLearn.
Assessment Type 1: Examination
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: Week 5
Weighting: 20%
A 50 minutes long written examination worth 20% that will be held in week 5 during practical class. This will test your understanding of material covered in weeks 1 to 4.
Assessment Type 1: Examination
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: Week 9
Weighting: 20%
A 50 minutes long written examination worth 20% that will be held in week 9 during practical class. This will test your understanding of material covered in weeks 5 to 8.
Assessment Type 1: Examination
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 20%
A 50 minutes long written examination worth 20% that will be held in week 13 during practical class. This will test your understanding of material covered in weeks 9 to 12.
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
Please note that COMP2310 is a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device). You will be expected to bring your own laptop computer (Windows, Mac or Linux) to the workshop, install and configure the required software, and incorporate secure practices into your daily work (and play!) routines.
Each week you should complete any assigned readings and review the lecture slides in order to prepare for the lecture. There are three hours of lectures and a one-hour workshop every week. The hands-on exercises in works help to reinforce concepts introduced during the lectures. You should have chosen a practical on enrollment. You will find it helpful to read the workshop instructions before attending - that way, you can get to work quickly! For details of days, times and rooms consult the timetables webpage.
Note that Workshops commence in week 1.
You should have selected a practical at enrollment. Please note that you will be required to submit work every week. Failure to do so may result in you failing the unit or being excluded from the exam.
This unit makes use of discussion boards hosted within iLearn. Please post questions there; they are monitored by the staff on the unit.
iLearn is a Learning Management System that gives you access to lecture slides, lecture recordings, forums, assessment tasks, instructions for practicals, discussion forums and other resources.
The topics covered in this unit are as follows:
Module 1 (Weeks 1 to 4) |
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Module 2 (Weeks 5 to 8) |
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Module 3 (Weeks 9 to 13) |
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Unit information based on version 2021.03 of the Handbook