Assignment title: Information
Objectives
This assessment item relates to the course learning outcome 1 to 6 as stated on page 1 of the course
profile.
Enabling objectives
1. Analysis a case study to identify appropriate course of action to investigate
2. Learn appropriate tools and techniques to investigate a digital forensic case.
3. Apply the digital forensics methodologies.
4. Appraising the legal issues involved in a forensic investigation.
5. Prepare an outline of a professional digital forensic plan and investigation report
Instructions
This assessment is a group assessment where group is made of 2-3 students. Each group need to choose a
case study given in 'case study' section and perform activities from 'Assessment activities' section. There
are three sub-sections under 'Assessment activities' section and each sub-section has two parts. Each
students of the group should work on individual sub-section which will contribute to their individual grade.
As a group you have to choose which sub-section will be done by a specific team member. Final outcome
of the assessment will be a report for the entire group. Follow instructions given in 'what to submit?'
section of this document to prepare a report and submit on Moodle. The report has to be cohesive and fit
well together.
Case study:
As a group choose one from given cases below for this assignment:
1. Case one - Electronic eavesdropping
Assessment activities:
Sub-section 1: Analyse the case you have selected and execute the following activities:
Part A -
• Investigate the selected case based on hard drive images from all workstations in the office.
Your investigation should answer questions asked in the case and formulate a conclusion. Your
and conclusion should be supported by your investigated evidence. Note: your individual
evidence may not answer all questions but your group evidence together should answer all
questions so talk to your groupmates.
• Use the forensic software you have leant in the lab for this investigation but if require feel free
to use other available forensic tools available out there for free ( or trial).
Part B -
• Finally prepare a report for your team members to carry the investigation further
o Details of digital forensic methodologies and process flow used to investigate this case.
Provide appropriate screenshots to show detail process of the investigation.
o Identify ethical and legal issues are applicable for the case you are working on
o Write appropriate justifications to support your chosen methodologies and process.
o Justification of choosing ethical and legal issues that are relevant to the case.