ACC 590 - Digital Forensics (3 cr.)

This course examines the cybercrimes especially those include accounting data and revises the regulatory framework for digital forensics. Further, the course compares the forensics tools and their application on the protection of evidence. The course also outlines the techniques for hiding and scrambling accounting data and formulate the ideal approach for data recovery. In addition, the course evaluates the different types of forensics (Windows, Mac, Mobile, and Network) and how data can be collected from their memory and logs.
Prerequisite(s): MS accounting grad student.
Semester(s) Offered: Summer