Samantha M Sederstrand

The most important take away from this class is using new technologies like Tableau. I enjoyed using it for projects as well as outside the classroom for my own individual projects. It was also interesting to clean data and learn best practices.

For Instagrams it store users photos. A row stores a user name, and some columns would be the photos stored, user biography, amount of followers, amount of those the user is following, and amount of photos posted.

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-03-28/house-votes-to-let-internet-providers-sell-user-browsing-data-without-consent

This article talks about how the house will allow internet providers to sell browsing information with out a user’s consent. This is a privacy issue since users will not be able to opt out of this option…[Read more]

I use Google Analytics to measure traffic to websites. This is specific – measures the amount of views that occur over a time period. Measurable – shows peak times that the website is viewed. Achievable – shows the click through rate in which an individual goes from one page to the next. Relevant – shows what is pages individuals spend the most…[Read more]

I have made one of the Excel mistakes it was to Miss the data type. I was working on analyzing data to see in what months there was the highest customer sales for a company, but the data type was considers a data so the analysis was inconclusive. I had to use my back up copy of the data to continue the analysis because it messed up the data set.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/will-democracy-survive-big-data-and-artificial-intelligence/
This article talk about how the the evolution of technology with a shift in big data and artificial intelligence may effect how society is organized. A major concern that there will be a trend that goes from programming computers to programing…[Read more]

I think all of the eight principles are important when they work collectively together. Looking at just one of the steps I believe that view diversely is extremely crucial to data analysis. From data that is collected you can draw different conclusions by looking at the data in different ways. It also enables your to link insights together to…[Read more]

Joseph,

I think that the workshop is an excellent idea for digital forensics professionals. It gives guidelines as to what is expected and the most recent ethical standards in the field. It would also be a good idea if there was multiple workshop opportunities and if they were mandatory each year or every other quarter as a refresher on…[Read more]

Darin,

I agree with your perspective. As forensic investigators we would have access to classified and confidential information. The influence that we have can sway the opinion of the company that should or should not act on specific findings. Through ethics we have to present the findings that effect our clients and the best way to handle each case.

I think that ethics and digital forensics work hand in hand. As an individual on a forensics team you are allowed privileged access to the company’s data and systems. The goal of digital forensics is to collect, analyze, preserve, and present the findings to the company. If something is done unethically trust and possible laws could have been…[Read more]

Samantha Sederstrand
Good Example of how data was used to track the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/05/01/us/20100501-oil-spill-tracker.html

I think the most important takeaway from Brian’s talk is that there is a way to work and understand big data. In addition there is a way to capitalize on consumer data. I learned that by using customer data you are able to specialize advertisements towards individuals. Through mobile advertising companies can make a profit and meet the needs of…[Read more]

Jonathan,

I found your article very interesting. Normally when I hit the delete button I just assume that the content is gone and I no longer have to think about the information that the email contained. I think that it makes more sense that it is an insecure way to communicate since it would be easy for hackers to learn a ton information…[Read more]

Mengxue,

I enjoyed your analysis on the article. I think it is important for the public should be aware of the increasing threat to private information from technology. It makes sense that hackers would use different wifi connections to take personal information. Knowing that there is a threat makes it easier to protect yourself against it.

I found an article that discusses the Super Bowl from a cyber security perspective. It focuses on how the NFL uses risk management to protect 73,000 ticket holders from a cyber attack using tools of mitigation. The article looks at preparing for the worst by looking at the threat horizon that make sure that the staff is skilled in security…[Read more]

From an MIS prospective I found an article that talks about how to truly delete data in today’s technological age. All data is is stored on a physical device so you can erase data that you have control over. in addition data sanitization is also an option to wipe drives through overwriting them enough times. But the major point that I learned…[Read more]

Joseph,

I thought it was extremely helpful how you broke down your piece pertaining to different organizations that are the foundations for forensics. I found it interesting that some of these organizations have been operating since 1996 and have evolved to handle other types of cybercrime.

Amanda,

I like how you were able to define the different instances of forensics and how they are used. What also was helpful is how you mentioned to introduce the policies for how investigations should be handled. I also agree with Loi on how evidence could be mishandled so policies are necessary,

Organizational forensics makes use of the scientific method of gathering and understanding information as well as data about a company which helps to identify what is working properly for the company and what is not. Much like traditional forensics, organizational forensics uses information from the past to understand an incident that needs to be…[Read more]

Andres,

Your article was very easy to follow and to understand on the way you broke down organizational forensics into different subsets. I agree with you that the lines are blurred when it come down to understanding who is in charge of mandating organizational policy. In my opinion all organizations should have a standardized method that…[Read more]