AVESTA: Research

Project:

SaTC: EDU: Improving Student Learning and Engagement in Digital Forensics through Collaborative Investigation of Cyber Security Incidents and Simulated Capture-the-Flag Exercises

Some Quick Facts About the Project:

Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF) in 2018
Title: CyberCorps: Capacity Building In Social Engineering Penetration Testing, National Science Foundation (NSF) (NSF Project Summary). Awarded September 2018, $300,000.00. The project is for two years. This project aims at building a collaborative and teaching platform for puzzle-based digital forensics education.
Type: A research project
Involved Departments: Computer Science, and Education (Texas Tech University)
Project Investigators:
- Dr. Akbar Siami Namin, PI, Computer Science, Texas Tech University
- Dr. Raymond Flores, Evaluator, College of Education, Texas Tech University
Other Facts:
- To Come.

Motivation & Research Goals

This two-year project will build educational materials and modules for promoting digital forensics education and training. The education materials will be based on open-source tools developed for inspecting digital evidence. The modules then will be integrated into a collaborative platform through which the materials are delivered through an incident response scenario.

Specific Objectives

Build an educational platform for the purpose of promoting digital forensics education with specific focuses on:

building modules based on open-source digital forensics tools.
offering an online course on digital forensics.
building an educational and collaborative platform for digital forensics.

Instruments and Artifacts

Coming Soon...

Instructional Modules and Course Materials

To Come ...

Publications