Project Overview
Expansion of the Digital Forensics Lab
This proposal is requesting funds for the expansion of the 10 workstation lab to 25 to accomodate all students in a typical Digital Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity classroom. The digital forensics lab is required for several courses in the MS program such as Network Forensics, Digital Forensics Applications and Forensics Management of Digital Evidence. In addition, the capstone course FCM 798 and thesis FCM 791 can potentially utilize a digital forensics lab for capstone research projects. Undergraduate CSIS majors may also use the lab in CSCI 411 and 412 as well as in the capstone classroom. The digital forensics lab is also necessary for hands-on experience with digital forensics processes which will prepare students for the job market in the public and private sector. The request includes hardware to expand the capacity of the lab to 25 stations. Hardware requested are: Forensics Imager, several hard drives, USB drives, write blocker, Phantom mobile workstation bundle. One-year subscriptions for software, Forensic Tool KIt (FTK) The software will be installed on the forensics workstations and will be used to analyze hard drive, USB drive and mobile phones.