[sleuthkit-users] Building a Computer Forensics Lab

[Charles N. <cha...@gm...>]

Hello Computer Forensics Community,

I am a first year Master's student at Penn State University and my area of=
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focus is Computer Forensics and Incident Response, I am in the process of=
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developing a computer forensics lab for the university and would appreciate=
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any advice and assistance from the community in terms of recommending=20
commercial software, open-source software, hardware and infrastructure. The=
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curriculum is brand new and is in the process of being develop. Once again,=
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any insight or advice would be helpful, ranging from links, to industry=20
contacts, to slides, to whatever your imagination thinks is necessary.

The purpose of the lab, as far as I know are the following:=20

1) create an environment in which students can learn computer forensics and
 incident retrieval. (hands on experience)

 2) create a curriculum (which includes slides, bringing guest speakers,=20
etc)

 3) the lab will be used to conduct research projects

 4) the lab will be used by local county police for their investigations

 5) the lab will be used by school police for their investigations

 6) our goal is to have our proposed lab will focus on both active and pass=
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(proactive) forensics. In particular, we will establish honey pot and=20
intrusion prevention and detection mechanisms to predict and detect
attacker/hacker
behavior.

Thanks

Charles