Silicon.com: Cyber crime course launched at UK university

[Owen Blacker]

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Not, strictly, on topic [for UK Crypto], but may be of interest.

> HEADLINE: Cyber crime course launched at UK university
> PUBLISHED: 12:30pm on Monday 3rd December 2001
> CHANNEL: Ebusiness security
> AUTHOR: Pia Heikkila
> SERVICE: http://www.silicon.com
> 
> TEXT OF STORY FOLLOWS:
> 
> Digital forensics addresses need to police cyber space...
> 
> A university course helping to investigate computer crime is 
> to be launched early next year by Cranfield University, 
> Shrivenham, near Swindon.
> 
> The course, entitled MSc in Forensic Computing, is set to 
> cover all aspects of gathering digital forensic evidence.
> 
> The course is mainly aimed at law enforcement officers, 
> managers at commercial organisations who are interested in 
> data recovery and financial consultants. 
> 
> Professor Tony Sammes, who is in charge of the course, told 
> silicon.com: "In essence, the course is about the extraction 
> of evidence from digital devices and the presentation of this 
> as admissible evidence in a court of law. The course is the 
> first of its kind in the UK."
> 
> The first students are expected to begin their course in 
> February 2002.
> 
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> http://www.silicon.com/a44288
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> 
> STORY ENDS
> 
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