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Introduction to CybersecurityGuidelines for Assignment – Digital Forensics (Hash Functions & Digital Evidence)

OBJECTIVE & PURPOSE:

The purpose of this assignment is to introduce students to the foundations of digital forensics including the role of hash functions in preserving digital evidence and hashing functions used by local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies when conducting digital investigations.

DESCRIPTION OF ASSIGNMENT:

Your assignment will be to develop a written paper that will provide a documentation of the following steps:

1- Take a portrait picture of yourself and email it to your email address.

2- Save it to your drive as YYYYMMDD_Yourname1.jpeg

3- Make a duplicate of that picture to YYYYMMDD_Yourname2.jpeg

4- Open your saved YYYYMMDD_Yourname2.jpeg in a graphics software and change the color of only ONE pixel, save the file.

5- Go and download HashClac from

6- Install it and run it over your YYYYMMDD_Yourname1.jpeg

7- Then run it over your YYYYMMDD_Yourname2.jpeg

STEPS 1-7 are already DONE (The Results at the END of THIS Document USE IT)

8- Report side by side at least five of the hash records. These MUST include the NSAâ€™s SHA1 and the MD5.

9- Explain what you found.

10- Now, search a bit about Hashing Function Collision and explain why SHA1 and MD5 are “broken” for transmission (I.e. SSL) but still valid for Digital Forensics.

FORMAT:

All text in the proposal should be word-processed (letter or correspondence-quality font), New Times Roman or Calibri, 12 point, double space and standard margins.

The following information should also be included:

Title page:

· Project Title

· Assignment Name and Number

· Name and email

· Professor's name

· Class Name and Number

· Due date

The report should also be done professionally and should include:

· Table of Contents (with sections & page numbers identified)

· Page numbers on all pages

· Clear and consistent headers of all sections

· Reference List following APA closely

GRADING AND RUBRIC:

This case will be graded out of 100 points. This assignment will weight 10 points of your final grade.

	Does not meet standard	Nearly meets standard	Meets standard	Exceeds standard
Title page	Total mess, nothing is there	Few required items there	Evidence of all items, but not in a professional appearance	All required items there and look professional
TOC page	Total mess, nothing is there	Few required items there	Evidence of all items, but not in a professional appearance	All assignment sections noted, page numbers indicated, and look professional
Overall layout	Total mess	Few required items there	Evidence of all items, but not in a professional appearance	Assignment look highly professional
Side by side reporting of the hash records	Not found	Few required items there	Evidence of all items, but not in a professional appearance	Section noted professionally, five function hashes reported for both images, including NSAâ€™s SHA1 and the MD5.
Explanations of the results	Not found	Short and not detailed explanations provided	Explanations provided, but not in a professional appearance	Section noted highly professional with clear and precise explanations
Hashing Function Collision explanations	Not found	Explanations provided, but not in a professional appearance	Evidence of all items, but not in a professional appearance	Section noted highly professional with clear and precise explanations
References	Not found	Some references appear, but not in APA	All references appear, but not fully per APA	All references appear and follow closely APA

DEADLINE:

The assignment is expected to be completed by the deadline scheduled in the syllabus. If emergency occur, please send an email message to your professor informing that the assignment will not be posted on the due time, prior to the deadline.

Points may be deducted for late submissions.

SUBMISSION:

Please submit the assignment in MS Word format (.docx) to the Canvas Assignments Dropbox. A direct link to Assignment Dropbox is provided in the course menu bar on the left.

Please name the files you upload to Assignment Dropbox in the following way: LastName_Assignment3.docx.

So, for example, if Jose Rodriguez, submitting Assignment No. 3 the filename should be: "Rodriguez_Assignment3.docx"

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