Information Systems Department

Course Information

CISM 5131/5131G Fundamentals of Computer Forensics 3-0-3
This course examines how computers are being used to perpetrate fraud along with how investigators can use the computer as a weapon against fraudsters. Other computer-related topics to be explored include security breaches, employee theft, asset abuse, theft of intellectual property, and imaging of computer drive contents including files, operating and file system artifacts, and deleted files or file fragments located in file slack or unallocated space. Graduate students will be given an extra assignment determined by the instructor that undergraduates will not be required to do.
Prerequisites: A minimum grade of "C" in CISM 2530, or CISM 1110 and CISM 1120

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Contact Information: Dr. Thomas Case, Information Systems Department Professor and Chair
P.O. Box 7998, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460-7998
Office: (912)  GSU-4747  *  Fax: (912)  GSU-7751