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Recommended Citation: Desai, A M, D Fitzgerald, and B Hoanca.  Offering a Digital Forensics Course in Anchorage, Alaska.  In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2006, v 23 (Dallas): §5114. ISSN: 1542-7382. (A later version appears in Information Systems Education Journal 7(35). ISSN: 1545-679X.)
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Offering a Digital Forensics Course in Anchorage, Alaska

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Alpana M. Desai    [a1] [a2]
Department of Computer Information Systems
University of Alaska Anchorage    [u1] [u2]
Anchorage, Alaska, USA    [c1] [c2]

David Fitzgerald    [a1] [a2]
Department of Computer Information Systems
University of Alaska Anchorage    [u1] [u2]
Anchorage, Alaska, USA    [c1] [c2]

Bogdan Hoanca    [a1] [a2]
Department of Computer Information Systems
University of Alaska Anchorage    [u1] [u2]
Anchorage, Alaska, USA    [c1] [c2]

Digital forensics (DF) has become important due to a sharp increase in computer crimes and an acute shortage of trained digital forensics personnel. Cyber crimes may involve crimes committed across several states or across international borders and require the cooperation and collaboration of various local, state, federal, and international law enforcement agencies. Many times local and state, law enforcement agencies do not have investigators trained or skilled in investigating cyber crimes due to lack of IT skills. Alaska is one of only two non-contiguous states of U.S.A. Anchorage is the most populous city of Alaska with more than 50% of the state’s population. It has eight law enforcement agencies but a severe shortage of law enforcement officers with the necessary technical expertise to investigate computer crimes. In this paper, we present the planning and design of a digital forensics course that meets the needs of local law enforcement agencies, interested students, and members of the local community. The issues involved in offering such a course are presented. The infrastructure needed is explored with concluding observations.

Keywords: digital forensics, computer forensics, curriculum, security

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