Computer Forensics for Graduate Accountants: A Motivational Curriculum Design Approach
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Comput...
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Association of Digital Forensics, Security and Law
2010-06-01
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| description | <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Computer forensics involves the investigation of digital sources to acquire evidence that can be used in a court of law. It can also be used to identify and respond to threats to hosts and systems. Accountants use computer forensics to investigate computer crime or misuse, theft of trade secrets, theft of or destruction of intellectual property, and fraud. Education of accountants to use forensic tools is a goal of the AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants). Accounting students, however, may not view information technology as vital to their career paths and need motivation to acquire forensic knowledge and skills. This paper presents a curriculum design methodology for teaching graduate accounting students computer forensics. The methodology is tested using perceptions of the students about the success of the methodology and their acquisition of forensics knowledge and skills. An important component of the pedagogical approach is the use of an annotated list of over 50 forensic web-based tools.</span></span></span></p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-42decc01e68640c48cc573007f4dcfae2022-12-21T20:33:28ZengAssociation of Digital Forensics, Security and LawJournal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law1558-72151558-72232010-06-0152638435Computer Forensics for Graduate Accountants: A Motivational Curriculum Design ApproachGrover Kearns0University of South Florida St. Petersburg<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Computer forensics involves the investigation of digital sources to acquire evidence that can be used in a court of law. It can also be used to identify and respond to threats to hosts and systems. Accountants use computer forensics to investigate computer crime or misuse, theft of trade secrets, theft of or destruction of intellectual property, and fraud. Education of accountants to use forensic tools is a goal of the AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants). Accounting students, however, may not view information technology as vital to their career paths and need motivation to acquire forensic knowledge and skills. This paper presents a curriculum design methodology for teaching graduate accounting students computer forensics. The methodology is tested using perceptions of the students about the success of the methodology and their acquisition of forensics knowledge and skills. An important component of the pedagogical approach is the use of an annotated list of over 50 forensic web-based tools.</span></span></span></p>http://ojs.jdfsl.org/index.php/jdfsl/article/view/15 |
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