The second semester of my final year started today.
There structure is as before* some modules* some project* for about 12 weeks. This semester though* along with continuing project work and a module about commercialisation and business* there is more forensics* a whole 3 month module of it. The connection with AccessData that we experienced over the first and second year remains – we will be working with 3 versions of FTK* Registry Viewer* PRTK* Mobile Phone Examiner – Ultimate
Reading this topic made me think about qualifications.
Speaking from my perspective* the whole idea of a certificate being enough to prove that you know your stuff is* or should be* subject to the same skepticism that some degrees are. You need to trust the content of each course I think. Of course* the different courses - be them degrees* vendor-specific* independent etc.* vary hugely - I guess it comes down to word of mouth and trust. The cert' sets a basic level of trust between
CAPITAL LETTERS!
Yep* this is the big one. The FINAL PROJECT for my degree. The largest piece of work on the degree* makimg up roughly 30% of the final classification* or so I'm told. Oh* I did a grade prediction today* by the way* and I'm predicted a First Class Honours* should things continue in the merry way they have been.
Since the degree is modular - as may now are - the project is draped over 3 modules: planning* implementation and evaluation. Meh. What's important
Recently* I’ve met a lot of first year students* several of which have asked me why I chose to study Computer Forensics.
I prefer not to think of what I’m doing as studying CF. To me* I’m preparing for a career* not studying in isolation from the future. Every schoolchild is groomed for further and higher education* with a view to gaining skills for jobs* and that is precisely what I’m doing. Putting aside the fact that I attribute huge value to the ‘life of the mind’ type of education
The first of my two main focusses at the moment is this report/essay (I'm going with report from now on) on Cracking Complexity - being able to think around big problems in the way it's said one does subconsciously.
I'm looking at the whole Enron farce. It's a huge fraud* a huge thing to get your head around at a detailed level* and so suited to this report.
What I'm aiming to do with it* is break it up into the main issues and features - as well as isolating the main
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