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Project Management Plan Cst 640 Police Department Project 1 Investigation Project Plan
Project Management PlanCST 640 Police Department Project 1Investigation Project Plan…University of Maryland University CollegeDigital Forensics Technology and PracticesCST 640…October 12, 2018Table of ContentsIntroduction        3Criminal Investigation        3Search Warrant        3Chain of Custody        4Electronic Evidence        4Authority to investigate        4Investigative team        4Forensics Readiness        5Forensic ToolKit Hardware/Software        5People        6Budget        6Project Management Approach        7Project Scope        7Milestone List        8Work Breakdown Structure        8Communications Management Plan        8Project Scope Management Plan        9Reporting Requirements        10Conclusion        10References        10Appendix A        12Appendix B        15Appendix C        16IntroductionThe field of computer forensics is constantly evolving.  It is a combination of law and computer science that involves the practice of gathering and examining data from computer systems, networks, storage, mobile and other Information Technology (IT) devices in a way that will hold up as evidence in a court of law.  The Cyber Security Institute (Singh, 2016, p. 2) defines Computer Forensics as “The preservation, identification, extraction, interpretation, and documentation of computer evidence, to handle the rules of evidence, reporting of information found, and providing expert opinion in a court of law or other legal and/or administrative proceeding as to what was found.”  Investigators are responsible for preserving, identifying, extracting, analyzing, and documenting computer evidence, to include the rules of evidence, legal processes, integrity of evidence, and reporting of the information found. CST 640 Police Department is responsible for conducting forensic investigations to support a number of different computer related crimes.  The following project plan is in place to ensure a repeatable process in in place and to ensure all steps are taken so findings can be presented in a court of law.