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11 - Learning objectives

The goal of the course is to become familiar with the basics of digital forensics investigation of a cyber attack so that after the course

  • you are familiar with the cybercriminals’ techniques, tactics and procedures (TTPs) to carry out targeted or non-targeted cyber-attacks against organizations in a digital environment;
  • you are able to search the signs of a cyber-attack from a digital evidence of a presumed crime scene using various tools and methods; and
  • you will master a systematic approach to the implementation of digital forensics on the collection, evaluation, analysis and reporting of digital evidence.

The course meets the competence requirements contained in the EUR-ACE® Framework Standards and Guidelines. The competences developed are: EUYER EUR-ACE: Engineering Practice, Master's Degree; EUYIV EUR-ACE: Investigations, Master's Degree; EUYEE EUR-ACE: Engineering Design, Master's Degree.

The learning objectives of the course are proportional to the Cybersecurity Workforce Framework of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) and its specialty areas A0001, K0009, S0107, S0036, S0066, S0112 and S0081. The framework has been published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). You can find out more information about the mapping from the research article “A Design Model for a Degree Programme in Cyber Security”.

Reference

Cybersecurity Workforce Framework (NICE Framework), published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in NIST Special Publication 800-181, is a nationally focused resource that establishes a taxonomy and common lexicon to describe cybersecurity work, and workers, regardless of where, or for whom, the work is performed.