The class will meet on-line on Tuesdays from 1800 (06:00 PM) to 1930 (07:30 PM) as indicated by the schedule below. We will not have a Webex for all weeks.
All Exams and quizzes will be available on Blackboard.
NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS, QUIZZES OR EXAMS WILL BE ACCEPTED. LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL RECEIVE A SCORE OF ZERO (0) UNLESS DISCUSSED WITH INSTRUCTOR IN ADVANCE .
| Week | Meeting Date | Topic(s) | Comment(s) | WEBEX | Reading(s) / Viewing(s) | Deliverables / Quizzes / Tests Due |
| 1 | Tuesday 01.12.2016 | Introduction to the Course Introduction to Fraud and Forensic Investigations ACL Tool installation Demonstration |
V9.0 Desktop EDUC Non-Unicode (Windows Only). If you have a Mac or Linux machine you will need to run Windows in a VM to use this software. Temple students are entitled to one copy each of the following software:
See the following Temple Website: Microsoft Work At Home If you are not using Windows as your primary operating system (e.g. Mac or Linux) you will need to install a virtual windows machine in order to run windows. There is no version of VMware Player for OS X. VMware sells a Mac version of their product called VMware Fusion. You may use it as trial version 30 days for free. There is a free version of VMWare Player for Linux. |
WEBEX
Meeting Number: 641 643 045 Password: MIS5208 |
None. | None. |
| 2 | Tuesday 01.19.2016 | Fraud Detection and Prevention | Tools needed: ACL Quiz 1 Available Lab 1 Available |
WEBEX
Meeting Number: 642 274 174 Password: MIS5208 |
Coderre – Chapter 1, 2, 3 Appendix C
ACL In Practice Tutorial – Chapter 1, 2 |
None. |
| 3 | Tuesday 01.26.2016 | Introduction to ACL – | Tools needed: ACL | NONE
Please work on Lab and Quiz. Lecture presentation posted on website. |
Coderre – Chapter 4, 5
ACL In Practice Tutorial – Chapter 3, 4 |
Quiz 1 Lab 01: Frauds of Note |
| 4 | Tuesday 02.02.2016 | Fraud in Cyberspace | Special Guest Speaker: Mr. Mike Green, Head of IT Security, Risk, and Governance, Mars Inc.
Quiz 2 Available |
WEBEX Meeting Number: 649 200 122Password: MIS5208 |
None. | Lab – 02 – Using ACL to Examine Expense Patterns |
| 5 | Tuesday 02.09.2016 | Overview of the Data and Working with Data | Tools needed: ACL | WEBEX
Meeting Number: Password: |
Coderre – Chapter 6, 7
ACL In Practice Tutorial – Chapter 5, 6 |
Quiz 2 |
| 6 | Tuesday 02.16.2016 | Analyzing Trends in the Data and Known Symptoms of Fraud | Tools needed: ACL / EXCEL
Mid-Term Exam Available – Wednesday February 17 at 1900 |
WEBEX
Meeting Number: Password: |
Coderre – Chapter 8, 9 | Lab – 03 – Using ACL to Analyze Transactions |
| Saturday 02.20.2016 | ACL Review | 1000 – 1200 – Review ACL for Mid-Term | Alter 602 | |||
| 7 | Tuesday 02.23.2016 | Unknown Symptoms of Fraud, Automating the Detection Process, Verifying the Results | Review Lab 03 / Using Pivot Tables in Excel / Other ACL questions. | WEBEX
Meeting Number: Password: |
Appendix A – Fraud Investigation Plans | |
| Wednesday 02.24.2016 | MIS5208SP16 Mid Term | MID-TERM EXAM DUE 08:00 |
| SPRING BREAK (February 29 – March 6) |
| Week | Meeting Date | Topic | Comments | Location | Reading | Deliverables / Quizzes / Tests Due |
| 8 | Tuesday 03.08.2016 | Introduction to Cybersecurity Investigations – The Kill Chain | Install Splunk Community Enterprise or Community Edition | WEBEX
Meeting Number: Password: 5208 |
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| 9a | Saturday 03.12.2016 | Big Data and Splunk | Tools: Splunk | Zadrozni and Kodalli – 1, 2 | ||
| 9b | Tuesday 03.15.2016 | Big Data and Splunk | Tools: Splunk | WEBEX
Meeting Number: |
Zadrozni and Kodalli – 1, 2 | |
| 10a | Saturday 03.19.2016 | Getting Data Into Splunk | Tools: Splunk | ALTER 602 | Zadrozni and Kodalli – 3 | Quiz 3 |
| 10b | Tuesday 03.22.2016 | Getting Data Into Splunk | Tools: Splunk | WEBEX
Meeting Number: 648 687 161 Password: 5208 |
Zadrozni and Kodalli – 3 | |
| 11a | Saturday 03.26.2016 | Processing and Analyzing Data | Tools: Splunk | ALTER 602 | Zadrozni and Kodalli – 4 | |
| 11b | Tuesday 03.29.2016 | Processing and Analyzing Data | Tools: Splunk | WEBEX
Meeting Number: |
Zadrozni and Kodalli – 4 | Lab 04 – Getting Data into Splunk and Processing the Data |
| 12a | Saturday 04.02.2016 | Visualizing The Results | Tools: Splunk | Alter 602 | Zadrozni and Kodalli – 5 | |
| 12b | Tuesday 04.05.2016 | Visualizing The Results | Tools: Splunk | WEBEX
Meeting Number: |
Zadrozni and Kodalli – 5 | |
| 13a | Saturday 04.09.2016 | Defining Alerts | Tools: Splunk | Alter 602 | Prepare for Final Exam | Lab 05 – Analyzing Data
Lab 06 – Visualizing the Results and Defining Alerts |
| 13b | Tuesday 04.12.2016 | Defining Alerts | Tools: Splunk
FINAL EXAM POSTED |
WEBEX
Meeting Number: Password: |
Prepare for Final Exam | Lab 07 –Analyzing Twitter Feeds – OPTIONAL AND EXTRA CREDIT |
| 14 | Tuesday 04.19.2016 | DUE TO UNIVERSITY GRADE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS I CANNOT ACCEPT A LATE FINAL EXAM | NONE. | FINAL EXAM |
All lab assignments must be submitted to the portal / website as a Word Document with your name, email address at the top of each page. For Example:
Edward Ferrara (TUG05176@temple.edu)
Lab 01 -Lab – 01 – Using ACL / Examine Expense Patterns
Tuesday February 02, 2016
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NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS, QUIZZES OR EXAMS WILL BE ACCEPTED. LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL RECEIVE A SCORE OF ZERO (0) unless arranged differently with the instructor.