Cyber Forensics
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Cyber Forensics Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Cyber Forensics (subject code 3174303) as prescribed for AI & DS · Semester 7 divides the course into 6 units, covering 47 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3174303)Unit 1 Unit-I
- Introduction: Definition of Computer Forensics
- Introduction to Different Types of cyber crime
- Overview of IT Act 2000
- Evolution of computer forensics
- Stages of computer forensics process
- uses of computer forensics
- objectives of computer forensics and Role of forensics investigator. 6 CO1
Unit 2 Unit-II
- Introduction to Computer Crime Investigation Intial Decision-Making Process
- Assess the situation
- Understanding of Systems
- Disks and Media
- Understanding Data
- Principles of Data Acquisition and Duplication
- Tools to acquire the data
- Analyze the data
- Chain of custody and Report the Investigation. 6 CO2 BRANCH: Artificial Intelligence and Data Science SUBJECT CODE: 3174303 Page 2
Unit 3 UNIT-III
- Evidence Handling What is Digital Evidence?
- Locard’s Principle
- Best Evidence Rule
- Stages in Digital Evidence Investigation Process
- The Challenges of Evidence Handling
- Importance of Certificate 65B in the court
- Overview of Evidence-Handling Procedures. 6 CO3
Unit 4 Unit-IV Cyber Crime Scene Analysis
- Discuss various court orders in which digital evidences has impact of the court decision
- Methods to Search and Seizure Electronic Evidence
- retrieved and un-retrieved communications
- Discuss the importance of understanding what court documents would be required for a criminal investigation 6 CO4
Unit 5 Unit-V Network Forensics and Mobile Forensics
- Network components and their forensics importance
- CERT-in incident report ing form
- Forensics information from network
- Log Analysis
- Network Forensics Tools
- Introduction to mobile forensics
- challenges in mobile forensics
- Evidences in mobile device
- mobile forensic process
- mobile forensics acquisition tools. 8 CO5
Unit 6 Unit-VI Website Attack Investingation and Email Forensics
- Web attacks
- Types of Web Attacks
- Web Attackc Forensics
- Web Application Forensics Tools
- Website Log Analysis process
- Types of Email Services
- Email Header
- Email Attacks and Crimes
- Privacy in Emails
- Email Forensics and Email Forensics Tools. 6 CO1
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