Salve Regina introduces concentration, certificate program in digital forensics

NEWPORT – Graduate students in the Administration of Justice and Homeland Security program at Salve Regina University will be able to pursue a concentration in digital forensics or a certificate of graduate studies in this field of cyber criminology starting this fall.
“This new emphasis in cyber education at Salve will encompass an array of skills, including acquiring, extracting and analyzing data that is often useful for criminal investigation and civil litigation cases,” David Smith, Salve’s graduate program director of Administration of Justice, said in a statement. “In addition to criminal and civil investigations, it also plays a major role in intelligence and counterterrorism matters.”
The new concentration and certificate program will help students learn how to analyze and document data, and help them develop skills for utilizing networks, servers and analysis tools.
Students will become familiar with computer network architecture, proper evidence collection and storage, as well as federal rules and criminal codes.
Students will learn how foreign state-sponsored threat actors target certain institutions and companies; and they’ll be introduced to network traffic analysis, web log analysis, malware reverse engineering and cyber infrastructure analysis. Students also will learn how to navigate networks, servers and mass data, as well as how to utilize common digital forensic tools.
Students pursuing the concentration must take “Principles of Digital Forensics” as a pre-requisite to any other course electives in the concentration.
Courses are offered at Salve Regina’s Center for Adult Education in Warwick, online or by participating in specially-designed programs, if available, on-site at the workplace.
According to information from the university, it is now possible for students working with their advisor to complete either a certificate of graduate study and/or a graduate degree completely on-line, allowing for flexibility and accessibility for all students regardless of residency, shift work, deployment to foreign lands or any combination of the above.

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