Assignment title: Information
ECOM6032 E-discovery and digital forensics
Homework #1
Due: 11pm, 27 June 2016
A Hypothetical Scenario for Digital Investigation
Name:__________________ Student ID: __________________
In this assignment, you are required to create your own case scenario by
completing the the "Hypothetical Case Scenario" questionnaire and leave digital
"clues" in relation to the case. Your scenario may be of a private (corporate) or
public nature.
Along with your case scenario, create digital clues that may be left on a small,
portable storage device.
You will leave your digital "clues" on a flash/thumb drive. You will provide your
thumb drive (containing your digital clues) to another person in the class for
analysis.
Your digital clues must include at least one of each of the following: -
• Hidden file
• Deleted file
• Email
• Graphic file
• Password-protected file
• Compressed file
• Web access (browser history)
• Wiped file
Hypothetical Case Scenario Questionnaire
Synopsis of Case
Is this a case to be investigated by a Private or Public (i.e., law enforcement) organization?
Victim(s)
Who is/are victim(s)?
What happened to victim(s)?
Incident
What was the incident?
When did the incident take place?
Where did the incident take place? Who was involved in the incident?
Case/Incident Scene
What was the case/incident scene? Where was the case/incident scene?
Evidence
What evidence was collected? How was the evidence collected and turned
over to investigators?
Suspect(s)
Are there any suspects related to this incident?
If so, who is/are the suspect(s)?
Has/have the suspect(s) been charged? If so, with what case or violation?