CIS 249 - Intro to Cybercrime Investigative Tools

5 Credits

In this course, students are introduced to tools that are used to investigate cybercrime and mitigate the findings. The topics include tools that are used to investigate cloud, network, organizational and criminal incidents. Domestic and international crimes are addressed. Tools such as FTK, Kali Linux, Splunk, Palo Alto and Crowdstrike are used.

Pre-requisite(s) CIS 155 with min 2.0
FeesCF

Quarters Typically Offered
Winter Evening, Online
Spring Evening, Online

Designed to Serve Students in the AAS in Global Cybersecurity Investigations or related degree
Active Date 20220405T16:40:47

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 24
Contact Hours: Lecture 44 Lab 22
Total Contact Hours 66
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Restricted Elective Yes
Course Outline

Introduction to cloud computing and services
Policies for investigation authorization in cloud computing
Introduce domestic crime
Introduce international crime
Utilize different cloud security platforms for investigations
Utilize software to search and analyze through big data
Conduct mitigation plan
Harden assets in the cloud

Student Learning Outcomes
Describe the different types of cloud services

Discuss and deploy policies that authorize the use of assets in cloud computing investigations

Identify and compare domestic and international crime

Investigate cybercrimes by effectively using cloud security platforms and tools

Search, monitor, and analyze big data cyber threats by effectively using software such as Splunk

Perform security, threat intelligence and response in support of investigations by applying cloud cybersecurity tools

Recommend solutions to mitigate cybercrime incidents from reoccurring