BSc Forensic Science Computer Science V Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
This degree runs on the Choice Based Credit System throughout, items 6.10, 6.11 and 6.12 of the Academic Council of 17 May 2022, brought in one year at a time from 2022-23. The University has published no NEP 2020 syllabus for it. The University examines only the third year of this degree centrally, under exam forms 1S00815 and 1S00816; the colleges examine the first four semesters.
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Syllabus for Computer Science V
Module I: Digital investigation foundation: Digital investigation and
- evidence, digital crime scene investigation process, data analysis,
- Computer Forensics Evidence and capture: Data Recovery Defined-Data Back-up and Recovery-The Role of Back -up in Data Recovery-The Data - Recovery Solution
- Cybercrimes and types, Crime Specific investigation
Module II: Evidence Collection and Data Seizure: Why Collect Evidence?
- Collection Options Obstacles-Types of Evidence-The Rules of Evidence-Volatile Evidence-General Procedure-Collection and Archiving-Methods of Collections- Art Facts-Collection Steps - Controlling Contamination: The chain of custody.
- Duplication and Preservation of Digital Evidence: Preserving the Digital Crime Scene-Computer Evidence processing steps- Legal Aspects of collecting and Preserving Computer forensic Evidence.
- Live Forensic: Collection of Live Evidence from Computer using FRAT,OS Forensic.
- Computer image Verification and Authentication: Special needs of Evidential Authentication - Practical Consideration-Practical Implementation.
Module III: Computer forensic analysis and validation: Determining what
- data to collect and analyze, validating forensic data, addressing data-hiding techniques, performing remote acquisitions.
- Network Forensics: Network forensic overview, performing live acquisitions, developing standard procedures for network forensics, using network tools, examining the honey net and botnet
- project.
- Processing crime at incident scenes: Identifying digital evidence, collecting evidence in private-sector incident scenes, processing law enforcement crime scenes, preparing for a search, securing a computer incident or crime scene, seizing digital evidence at the scene, storing digital evidence, obtaining a digital hash, reviewing a case.
Module IV: Computer Forensic Tools: evaluating computer forensic tool
- needs, computer forensic software tools, computer forensic hardware tools, validating and testing forensic software.
- Introduction, Examining a breadth of products, Cyber forensic tools, good, better, best: Right incident response tool for organization, Tool review forensic tool kit, EnCase, Cyber check suites, Disk imaging. Specifications for forensic tools tested. Evidence collection and analysis tools, Volatile and nonvolatile evidences collection (FTK, TSK, Autopsy, DD, EnCase etc.),Disk imaging/ cloning, File system (Details of file system, Data structure of file system, Data recovery in different file system
Text books and Additional References
- 1 Computer Forensics, Computer Crime Investigation by John R,Vacca, Firewall Media, New Delhi.
- 2 Computer Forensics and Investigations by Nelson, Phillips Enfinger, Steuart, CENGAGE Learning.
- 3 Real Digital Forensics by Keith j.Jones, Richard Bejitlich,Curtis W.Rose ,AddisonWesley Pearson Education
- 4 Forensic Compiling,A Tractitioneris Guide by Tony Sammes and Brain Jenkinson,Springer International edition.
- 5 Computer Evidence Collection &Presentation by Chrostopher L.T. Brown, Firewall Media.
- 6 Homeland Security ,Techniques& Technologies by Jesus Mena,Firewall Media.
- 7 Software Forensics Collecting Evidence from the Scene of a Digital Crime by Robert M.Slade ,TMH 2005
- 8 Windows Forensics by chad Steel,Wiley India Edition
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Sc. (Forensic Science) under the Choice Based Credit System, in force from the academic year 2024-25. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
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