Program in Digital Forensics (PDF)

数字取证是一个快速发展的取证分支，专注于恢复和调查在数字设备中发现的数据。它现在是许多刑事和民事调查的主要组成部分，其工具被地方、州和联邦执法机构越来越频繁地使用。为了满足国家的需求，需要数字取证教育计划来增加技术劳动力的规模。该项目侧重于以美国国家安全局、国土安全部、学术卓越安全中心、美国计算机协会和IEEE提出的标准化课程为模型开发本科课程。它有助于创建用于学术项目、远程学习、多学科和多机构项目的资源和教育材料，以满足不断发展的标准。数字取证领域依赖于许多学科和技能，包括证据收集、保存、呈现以及法医准备。信息信托研究所的教育团队涉及跨领域合作，包括计算机科学、计算机工程、商业和会计、刑事司法、法律和教育评估专家，这些专家都是这类课程开发所需要的。此外，该研究所在许多数字取证应用领域（超级计算、云、交通、电力、卫生和移动计算的网络基础设施）的研究成果正在整合到这个综合的多学科教育计划中。

Digital forensics is a rapidly growing branch of forensics that focuses on the recovery and investigation of data found in digital devices. It is now a major part of many criminal and civil investigations and its tools are used by local, state, and Federal law enforcement agencies with increasing frequency. Digital forensics education programs are needed to increase the size of the technical workforce to meet the needs of the nation. The project focuses on the development of undergraduate programs modeled on the standardized curricula proposed by NSA, DHS, Security Centers for Academic Excellence, ACM, and IEEE. It contributes to the creation of resources and educational materials for use in academic programs, distance learning, multi-disciplinary, and multi-institutional programs that meet the evolving standards.The field of digital forensics depends on many disciplines and skills including evidence collection, preservation, and presentation as well as forensic preparation. The Information Trust Institute education team involves cross-field collaboration and includes the Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Business and Accounting, Criminal Justice, Law, and Educational Assessment experts that are needed for this type of curriculum development. In addition, the Institute has research findings in many digital forensics application areas (supercomputing, clouds, cyber infrastructures for transportation, power, health, and mobile computing) that are being integrated into this comprehensive multi-disciplinary educational program.