Digital Forensic 7

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Due Date: 11:59 pm EST Sunday of Unit 7

Points: 100

Overview:

You are the new supervisor in a Digital Forensics Unit. You have been tasked with

increasing the quality standards of your team members’ forensics reports. For this

assignment, you are to craft a memo to your employees detailing your expectations for

their investigative reports.

Instructions:

Write a memo addressed to the members of your Digital Forensics Unit. Include in the

memo:

• List your expectations for the reports they generate.

• Describe an outline that their reports should follow.

• Discuss using reports generated from forensic software tools.

• Describe a specific forensic tool in your memo.

Requirements:

• The report should be a minimum of two pages.

Be sure to read the criteria by which your work will be evaluated before you write

and again after you write.

CRJ326 – Digital Forensics

Report Writing Memo

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Evaluation Rubric for Report Writing Memo Assignment

CRITERIA Deficient Needs

Improvement Proficient Exemplary

0 - 14 points 15-19 points 20-24 points 25 points

Expectations No expectations listed.

Some expectations listed but not an adequate explanation.

Expectations are listed, but some key details are missing.

A clear explanation of expectations is fully listed.

Outline No outline of a report is provided.

A partial outline is provided, but several key elements are missing.

An outline is provided with some minor elements missing.

A full outline is provided with all key elements included.

Reports Discussion

There is no discussion of reports generated from forensic software tools.

A discussion of a report generated by a forensic tool is missing significant detail.

A discussion of a report generated by a forensic tool is missing some key details.

A discussion of a report generated by a forensic tool is thoroughly addressed.

0 - 8 points 9-11 points 12-14 points 15 points

Forensic Tool Discussion

No tools discussed.

A tool is listed, but there is no explanation or explanation is missing significant detail.

A tool is listed, but explanation is missing some key details.

A tool is listed and fully explained.

0 - 2 points 3 points 4 points 5 points

Length Less than 2 pages n/a n/a At least 2 pages

Clear and Professional Writing and APA Format

Errors impede professional presentation; guidelines not followed.

Significant errors that do not impede professional presentation.

Few errors that do not impede professional presentation.

Writing and format are clear, professional, APA compliant, and error-free.