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Teaching digital forensics to undergraduate students
Digital forensics isn't commonly a part of an undergraduate university degree, but Deakin University in Australia recently introduced the subject as part of an IT security course. As instructors, we've found that digital forensics complements our other security offerings because it affords insights into why and how security fails. A basic part of this course is an ethics agreement signed by students and submitted to the unit instructor. This agreement, approved by Deakin University's legal office and consistent with Barbara Endicott-Popovsky's approach, requires students to maintain a professional and ethical attitude to the subject matter and its applications. Assignments regularly cast students in the role of forensic professional. Our teaching team emphasizes throughout the course that professional conduct establishes credibility with employers and customers as well as colleagues, and is required to perform the job effectively. This article describes our experiences with this course.
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IEEE security & privacyVolume
6Issue
3Pagination
54 - 56Publisher
IEEE Computer SocietyLocation
New York, N.Y.Publisher DOI
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1540-7993eISSN
1558-4046Language
engNotes
Cover date : May-June 2008Publication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2008, IEEEUsage metrics
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digital forensicseducationinvestigation-based assignmentundergraduate teachingcomputer science educationeducational coursesethical aspectshuman factorssecurity of datateachingScience & TechnologyTechnologyComputer Science, Information SystemsComputer Science, Software EngineeringComputer ScienceComputation Theory and MathematicsComputer SoftwareData Format
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