Assessment Task Detail and Instructions:

Question 1: Digital law & Security Principles (40 marks) (max 1,500 words)

You have just started a new job at a new high-tech crime unit. Your first job is to brief your colleagues on the laws that could be useful, in the world of digital forensics. Some of your colleagues are not up to date on these laws and regulations. They are also not good with technology, so please explain complex concepts so that information is comprehensible to a varied audience.

Using the ACPO guidelines (or any other standards/laws you believe to be appropriate) Compare and contrast the differences between collecting, copying and securely storing, both live and static evidence.

You should produce a briefing report that:

· Outlines both the laws and regulations you believe to apply (10 marks)

· Describe the differences between live and static evidence (10 marks)

· List the ways (with examples/cases) that live and static evidence should be gathered/copied/securely stored (20 marks)

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Question 2: Digital Forensic Artefacts (40 marks) (max 1,500 words)

A suspect known as Mr Whale has been accused of downloading and distributing various illegal materials, on their Windows 10 based PC. These illegal material takes the form of personal information, blackmail photos/videos and accessing illegal websites. On top of this, someone had started deleting many files from the computer’s hard drive. Mr Whale has stated “ These alleged files are not mine, I did not do this” also “someone must have broken into my computer and used it without me knowing”.

· What digital forensic artefacts, techniques and analysis, can be used to prove if illegal material was once or is currently still on this hard drive? (20 marks)

· What digital forensic artefacts, techniques and analysis, can be used to prove, if Mr Whale deleted these files himself or if it was someone else? (20 marks)

Both questions above must be comprehensible to a varied audience, so it can be understood by non-technical people, (laymen) in court.

(We work in a society where we are innocent until proven guilty beyond all reasonable doubt). So, researching some case law for these situations could prove valuable to giving strength, to your argument)

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Added Value (10 marks)

This section is specifically for what above and beyond additions the student has included in the report. This could take the form of actually showing and testing artefact analysis, rather than just researching it (10 marks)

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Report Presentation and Layout (10 marks)

You are expected to compile a well-constructed, formal written report of no more than 3,000 applicable words. The presentation, layout and ease of reading for the report, will be critical in this document. Please make the information comprehensible to a varied audience. (10 marks)

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Additional Notes for Marking:

Points for the questions above, include references. For each question, you are to generate discussion with references to other sources and compare/contrast, other various points of view.

You are expected to thoroughly and accurately reference your report using the Harvard referencing style, expected by Anglia Ruskin University. The report should contain a number of in-text, quality references, that can be verified by the marker. If not, your work will be submitted to the director of the study for the review of any academic offense that may have taken place. If this happens you will be awarded a ZERO, until the review has been completed. Additionally, a penalty if found guilty.

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Additionally, marks will be deducted for:

· Lack of referencing in the text

· Divergence from Harvard referencing style

· Writing in 1st person or an informal manner

· Copy-pasting in information (tables/pictures/quotes etc) followed by not demonstrating your understanding of it.

· Failure to show where a reference starts and stops/where a students work starts/stops. Otherwise it is not possible to accurately judge the level of understanding a student has gained.

o An example of this is students have a large paragraph of information and add a reference to the end. This does not indicate where the referenced material is location or the students work begins/ends.

Details on Harvard referencing can be found on the library website: https://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/harvard.htmLinks to an external site.

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Feedback:

Feedback from the summative assessment will be an indication of poor – excellent for each sub section, followed by general comments in a free text section at the end.

Formative feedback (during the Trimester) will be only via canvas (check assessment section). It will be around week 6-8. Feedback can take up to 10 workings to get back to you. According to the ARU student regulations you are entitled to ONE single piece of feedback per element. Once you have had your feedback, you can NOT ask for more. If you fail to upload to the deadline (agreed in week 1 with class) you will lose your chance for feedback. Feedback will be a general overview of the document submitted. It will NOT contain an estimated mark.

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Intended learning outcomes for the assessment

· 1 Knowledge and Understanding Recognise and define what digital evidence is, and the role it plays in investigations

· 2 Knowledge and Understanding Discuss the legislative and regulatory requirements in relation to digital forensics

· 3 Intellectual, practical, affective and transferable skills Analyse complex data and Identify key evidential elements, relating to digital forensics

· 4 Intellectual, practical, affective and transferable skills Construct results in appropriate formats to be comprehensible to a varied audience

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