Karnataka FSL Scientific Officer Computer Forensic Syllabus

Karnataka FSL Scientific Officer Syllabus – Subject Computer Forensic

Digital Forensic and Cyber Crime –
Understanding Cyber Crime – Indian IT Act 2008 and amendments, categories of cyber crimes i.e. unauthorized access and hacking, virus, worms & Trojan attacks, E-mail related crimes, Internet relay, chat relating crimes, sale of illegal articles, online gambling, phishing, Intellectual property crimes, web defacement, DOS attack, cyber stalking etc.

Working with Windows and DOS Systems –
Understanding File Systems, Exploring Microsoft File Structures, Examining NTFS Disks, Understanding Whole Disk Encryption, Understanding the Windows Registry, Understanding Microsoft Startup Tasks, Understanding MS-DOS Startup Tasks, and Understanding Virtual Machines. Macintosh and Linux Boot Processes and File System; Understanding the Macintosh File Structure and Boot Process, Examining UNIX and Linux Disk Structures and Boot Processes, Understanding Other Disk Structures. Free space Management Bit-Vector Linked List Grouping Counting Efficiency & Performance Recovery Physical Damage, Physical Damage Recovery, Logical Damage, Logical Damage Recovery.

Current Computer Forensics Tools –
Evaluating Computer Forensic Tool Needs, Computer Forensics Software Tools, Computer Forensics Hardware Tools, Validating and Testing Forensics Software. Data Acquisition – Understanding Storage Formats for Digital Evidence, Determining the best Acquisition Method, Validating Data Acquisitions, Determining What Data to Collect and Analyze, Validating Forensic Data, Addressing Data-Hiding Techniques, Performing Remote, Acquistioins. Performing RAID Data Acquistions, Using Remote Network Acquisition Tools, and Using other Forensic Acquistion Tools. Recovering Graphics Files – Recognizing a Graphics File, Understanding Data Compression, Locating and Recovering Graphics Files, Identifying Unkown File Formats, Understanding Copyright issues with Graphics.

Computer Hardware/ Software –
Hardware – Basic PC components, Monitors, Keyboard, Storage devices – Hard Disk; Storage related simple problems, CD, Mother-board, Printers its classification etc. OCR, OMR, BAR code etc. Memory Hierarchies – Basics of Semiconductor Memories, ROM Cells & Circuits, Address Decoding, Access Time, Examples of Integrated Circuit ROMs, PROMs, EPROMs, EEPROM, Static Read/ Write (RAM) Memory. CPU, ALU, Components of CPU; Register, Accumulator, IR etc. Software System – application software and their examples in real life. Operating system and their usage. Multitasking- Multiprogramming – Multiprocessing Operating System.