CIS 8630 - Business Computer Forensics and Incident Response

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ACCT 8680 or CIS 8080.
Description
This course provides a strategic exploration into the prevention and response to intentional abuse of business information systems. This abuse frequently leads to diversion of resources, interruptions of service and corruption of data that develop into a variety of losses that can seriously impair an organization’s performance. Students will be prepared to plan and manage organizational incident and forensics preparedness, including information security policies, information controls, information practices, incident response plans, forensic readiness, and preservation of evidence in the form of electronically stored information. The course includes experiments in the use of forensics tools for investigation of organizational policy violations.