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Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines

Trimester

T2 2024

Unit Code

MN624

Unit Title

Digital Forensic

Assessment

Type

Formative Assignment 1

Assessment

Title

Digital Forensics Investigation

Purpose of the assessment

(with ULO

Mapping)

This assignment assessesthe following Unit Learning Outcomes; studentsshould be able to demonstrate their achievements in them.

– Apply socio-technical contexts in analysing the digital forensic evidences.

Weight

10%

Total Marks

100

Word limit

500 – 1000 words

Due Date

Week 3 (4/8/2024)

Submission

Guidelines

• Submit Assignment 1 in a word document in week 3

• All work must be submitted on Moodle by the due date along with a completed Assignment Cover Page.

• The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 11-pt Calibri (Body) font, and 2 cm margins on all foursides of your page with appropriate section headings.

• Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using IEEE referencing style.

Extension

• If an extension of time to submit work is required, a Special Consideration Application must be submitted directly on AMS. You must submit this application three working days prior to the due date of the assignment. Further information is available at:

Academic

Misconduct

• Academic Misconduct is a serious offence. Depending on the seriousness of the case, penalties can vary from a written warning orzero marksto exclusion from the course or rescinding the degree. Students should make themselves familiar with the full policy and procedure available at: For further information, please refer to the Academic Integrity Section in your Unit Description.

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Generative Arti ficial

Intelligence

(GenAI) in

Assessments

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Assignment Description

Assignment 1 is a formative assessment, and students must submit the assignment by the end of week 3.

In December 2020, a significant cyberattack known as the SolarWinds cyberattack was uncovered,  affecting numerous organizations, including government agencies and Fortune 500 companies.  Your task is to research and write a report on the above crime that requires digital forensics investigation.

In your report, you must address the necessary steps to ensure that digital evidence is collected, preserved, imaged, and can be examined. Yourreport should be 500 – 1000 words and should include the following sections:

1. Provide a detailed description of the case.

a. Summary of the offence being investigated.

b. Identify what caused the SolarWinds hack.

c. Report who wasinvolved in the crime, i.e. who was the criminal(s), the suspect(s) and the victim(s)?

d. Identify and report what type of evidence was used in the criminal investigation of the case;

e. Explain two acquisition methods that you should use in this case study.

f. Discuss some options that can be used for preserving the data.

2. Explain the importance of a chain of custody for digital forensic evidence. Be sure to explain the process of documenting, collecting and storing evidence from the crime scene you’re investigating (e.g. a laptop computer). Describe the consequences of not following a proper chain of custody.

3. Discuss the procedures for the preservation of evidence; be sure to connect this work with the chain of custody. Describe consequences of not carefully preserving evidence. 4. List and analyse the tools you will need in your investigation and the reason you chose those tools. Support this analysis with relevant research. Critically evaluate the forensic tool(s) and discuss their capacity in various categories of functions, including acquisition, validation, and verification, extraction, reconstruction, and reporting.

Additional instructions:

• Do not use Wikipedia as neither source nor reference.

• Read articles from the books or the ones published in journals and conferences, or internet articles for each topic and then rewrite those using your own words.

• Use IEEE style referencing, and make sure to properly reference any diagrams/ graphics.

Marking Criteria:

Sections No.

Description of the section

Marks

Description of the case

• Summary of the offence being investigated

• Report who wasinvolved in the crime, i.e. who was the criminal(s), the suspect(s) and the victim(s)?

• Identify and report whattype of evidence was used in the criminal investigation of the case;

• Explain two acquisition methods that you should use in this case study.

• Discuss some options that can be used for preserving the data.

10

10

10

10

10

Importance of a chain

• Explain the importance of a chain of custody for digital forensic evidence. Be sure to explain the process of documenting, collecting and storing evidence from the crime scene you’re investigating (e.g. a laptop computer).

• Describe the consequences of not following a proper chain of custody.

10

10

Preservation

• Discuss the procedures for the preservation of evidence; be sure to connect this work with the chain of custody.

• Describe consequences of not carefully preserving evidence.

5

5

Forensics Tools

• List and analyze the digital forensic tools you will need in your investigation and the reason you chose those tools. Support this analysis with relevant research.

• Critically evaluate the capacity of the forensic tool in various categories of functions, including acquisition, validation, and verification, extraction, reconstruction, and reporting.

10

10

Total

100

Marking Rubric for Exercise Answers

Grade

Mark

HD

80%+

D

70%-79%

CR

60%-69%

P

50%-59%

Fail

< 50%

Excellent

Very Good

Good

Satisfactory

Unsatisfactory

Description

of the case

/50

The case is well prepared. All

topics are

pertinent and

covered in depth.

The case is

relevant and

soundly analysed.

Generally

relevant and

analysed.

Some relevance and briefly

presented.

This is not

relevant to the

assignment topic.

Importance

of a chain

/20

The presented

solution

demonstrated an extreme degree of difficulty that would require an expert to

implement.

The presented

solution

demonstrated a high degree of

difficulty that

would be an

advance

professional to

implement.

The presented

solution

demonstrated an average degree of difficulty that

would be an

average

professional to

implement.

The presented

solution

demonstrated a low degree of

difficulty that

would be easy to implement.

The presented

solution

demonstrated a poor degree of

difficulty that

would be too

easy to

implement.

Preservation /10

All elements are present and well integrated.

Components

present with

good cohesion

Components

present and

mostly well

integrated

Most

components

present

This is not

relevant to the

assignment topic.

Forensics

Tools /20

Exceptional

Result Discussion and comparative analysis

Very good Result Discussion and

comparative

analysis

Good Result

Discussion and

comparative

analysis

Fair Result

Discussion and

comparative

analysis

Unable to discuss Results and do

comparative

analysis