Instructor : Dr. Ben Arazi
Professor of CECS
Phone : (502) 852 – 6304
E-mail : arazi@louisville.edu
Description :
Cybersecurity awareness at the Federal level : The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, the National Cyber Security Division (NCSD), The Patriot Act, Presidential Decision Directive 63, activities of the Department of Homeland Security, FBI, NSA, NIST, SANS/DHS The Twenty Most Critical Internet Security Vulnerabilities, The http://www.cybercrime.gov/ Website. Legislation activities. Testimonies before various Senate Subcommittees.
Security-related organizations : CERT, SANS, CIS, CASPR, CSI, CIAO, DRII, ISSA, IATFF, I2SF, NIAP, CSRC, OWASP
Forensic tools : EnCase, SafeBack, dd (Data Dumper), Quick View Plus, md5sum, Winhex, Maresware, Honeypot and Honeynet.
Critical infrastructure protection : The President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board, SCADA systems in the electric power, water, gas, and transportation sectors.
Other activities : Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLB), SB 1386—New California Privacy Law, European Union—Directive 95/46/EC, VISA Cardholder Information Security Program (CISP).
Digital Rights Management (DRM) : The roles of the MPAA, RIAA, BPDG, CPRM, TCG. The EFF – Electronic Frontier Foundation. SDMI - Secure Digital Music Initiative/ DMCA - Digital Millennium Copyright Act. UCITA - Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act. The Broadband Flag initiative. Various legislation activities.
Identity theft : Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act of 1998, activities of the FTC - Federal Trade Commission, Fair Credit Reporting Act, The ID Theft Affidavit.
Guest lecturers from the police and other law enforcement agencies.
Textbook : Littlejohn, D. & Tittel, E. Scene of the Cybercrime. Rockland, MD: Syngress. 2002. ISBN: 1-931836-65-5
Supporting material :
Searching and Seizing Computers and Obtaining Electronic Evidence in Criminal Investigations, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice, July 2002
EnCase Legal Journal, 2001-2003 Guidance Software.
The 2003 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey "Computer Security Issues & Trends"
Protecting the American Homeland, The Brookings Institution, 2002, ISBN 0-8157-0651-0
