Economics - Management, Law - Political Science - Administration

UNIVERSITY DEGREE: DIGITAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION

  • Training structure

    Faculty of Economics

Presentation

  • Fields of study: Economics , Law
  • Type of degree: University Diploma
  • Keywords: Economics , Law
  • Mr. Michel SALA, Associate Professor, tel.: +33 (0)4 34 43 25 12
  • Study abroad opportunities: No
  • UFR: Faculty of Economics
  • Type of training: Initial training and continuing education
  • Presentation of DU

Key features:

Enable individuals who wish to learn about the law, theoretical concepts, and tools related to the profession of digital investigator in criminal matters.

Professional partner institutions:

  • UFIN (French Union for Digital Investigation)
  • CNEJITA (National Association of Legal Experts in Information Technology and Related Fields)
  • AFSIN (French-speaking Association of Digital Investigation Specialists)
  • National Gendarmerie
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Objectives

  •  Acquisition of basic and fundamental computer skills in the context of criminal expertise
  • Knowledge of Criminal Procedure
  • Knowledge of the duties, professional organization, and best practices of a digital investigator
  • Acquisition of post-mortem data extraction methods and practices:
  • Extraction of data from physical media
  • Data extraction from mobile devices
  • Extraction of internet traces
  • Handling multimedia objects
  • Acquisition of data mining methods
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Know-how and skills

  • In the context of criminal expertise, having best practices:

         - In criminal law

        - Evidence management

  • Knowledge extraction from: physical media, mobile devices, web connection traces, and multimedia objects
  • In summary restitution using data mining if necessary
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Organization

Program

UE1 Computer Science Fundamentals

EU2 Criminal proceedings

UE3 Digital Investigators – Environment and Missions

UE4 Extracting data from computers and physical media

UE5 Extracting data from mobile devices

EU6 Extracting data from internet connection logs

UE7 Manipulating multimedia objects

UE8 Live forensics and technology watch

UE9 Data mining

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Admission

Mandatory prerequisites

  • Investigators or experts, public or private, wishing to specialize in post-mortem digital investigation on behalf of companies or government agencies.
  • Computer forensic experts wishing to acquire the theoretical and technical knowledge as well as the practical skills required to conduct criminal investigations in the field of computer science.
  • People who want to learn about the law, theoretical aspects, and tools related to the profession of digital investigator in criminal matters and who have skills in IT or law.
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And after

Professional integration

  •  Advanced training, refresher courses, and continuing education for public or private investigators or experts currently in post
  • Beginning judicial experts or those applying for inclusion on a list of experts
  • Dual expertise in criminal law and digital investigation for:
  • Magistrate, lawyer, bailiff, or law student
  • Computer scientist or computer science student
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