Department of Computer Science
COMP343 Individual coursework
Assignment 1
Dr Jeffrey Ray
Jeffrey.Ray@liverpool.ac.uk
1 Overall marking scheme
The coursework for COMP343 consists of Two assignments, contributing to 30% of the final
mark. The contribution of the single assignments is as follows:
Assignment 1 15%
Assignment 2 15%
TOTAL 30%
Failure in any assignment may be compensated for by higher marks in other components of
the module.
This document describes Assignment 2. Assignment 2 will be marked according to the
following broad criteria:
ˆ correctness of the arguments;
ˆ presence/absence of the evidence on the experiments;
ˆ original contribution either in implementation, or analysis.
The end of this document contains complete marking descriptors
2 Aims of Assignment 2
ˆ Demonstrate a systematic and thorough understanding of the theoretical concepts,
processes and role of a computer forensics investigator in the organisation and law
enforcement.
ˆ Ability to select appropriate tools and techniques to analyse material from a range of
sources
ˆ Demonstrating a critical awareness of issues and requirements for dealing with evidence.
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ˆ Demonstrate a critical awareness of issues and requirements when analysing and eval-
uating physical and forensic computing data evidence.
3 A Critical analysis of forensic methodology
Produce an Essay that focuses on a particular forensic investigation methodology – this
method should be critically analysed for its suitability for law enforcement and use in a
commercial environment, you may wish to also debate its suitability for other environments.
You may choose to either:
investigate volatile vs non volatile forensic process
or
one of the following forensic Process models:
1. The Abstract Digital Forensic Model (Reith, et al., 2002)
2. The Integrated Digital Investigative Process (Carrier & Spafford, 2003)
3. An Extended Model of Cybercrime Investigations (Ciardhuain, 2004)
4. The Enhanced Digital Investigation Process Model (Baryamureeba & Tushabe, 2004)
5. The Digital Crime Scene Analysis Model (Rogers, 2004)
6. A Hierarchical, Objectives-Based Framework for the Digital Investigations Process
(Beebe & Clark, 2004)
7. Framework for a Digital Investigation (Kohn, et al., 2006)
8. The Four Step Forensic Process (Kent, et al., 2006)
9. FORZA - Digital forensics investigation framework (Ieong, 2006)
10. Process Flows for Cyber Forensics Training and Operations (Venter, 2006)
11. The Common Process Model (Freiling & Schwittay, (2007)
12. The Two-Dimensional Evidence Reliability Amplification Process Model (Khatir, et
al., 2008)
13. The Digital Forensic Investigations Framework (Selamat, et al., 2008)
14. The Systematic Digital Forensic Investigation Model (SRDFIM) (Agarwal, et al., 2011)
15. The Advanced Data Acquisition Model (ADAM): A process model for digital forensic
practice (Adams, 2012)
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4 Useful Links
Academic writing & Study skills:
Study Skills Guidance
Academic Writing guide
5 Submission
You need to submit:
ˆ Report (in *.pdf, *.doc,or *.docx format)
The work must be submitted electronically via Electronic Coursework Submission System.
This must be done by
17.00 on Friday, 29 ARP 2022
Please be aware that the standard University policies
ˆ on plagiarism, collusion and fabricated data Section 9 and on late submission Section
6, CoPA.
Are applied to this assignment.
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