Internet Crimes and Cyber Security

By Prof. K.V.K Santhy, Prof. B Md Irfan | NALSAR University of Law

Learners enrolled: 15327 | Exam registration: 3397

ABOUT THE COURSE:

Students will gain knowledge of a variety of crimes, including identity theft, hacking, cyberterrorism, digital arrest, OTP fraud, cyber fraud, and deepfakes carried out online, especially on social media and its relationship to cyber law. The final portion of the course would give the students knowledge about cyber security solutions, like free Google forensic tools. They can use this knowledge to safeguard their online accounts, laptops, mobile devices, and other accessories from threats and vulnerabilities. Participants shall further understand distribution of information on public records for the purpose of tackling all forms of crimes in clear web, social media, deep web and dark web.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Law Students UG and PG, Advocates, Software professionals, Government Employees, social Workers, NGOs, etc.

PREREQUISITES: UG students / Any Graduate

Summary

Course Status :	Ongoing
Course Type :	Elective
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	8 weeks
Category :	Law
Credit Points :	2
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	16 Feb 2026
End Date :	10 Apr 2026
Enrollment Ends :	16 Feb 2026
Exam Registration Ends :	27 Feb 2026
Exam Date :	17 Apr 2026 IST
NCrF Level	4.5 — 8.0

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: INTRODUCTION TO LAW, CRIMINALIZATION OF CONDUCT IN CYBER SPACE. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW OF INTERNET CRIMES AND CYBER LAW & CYBER JURISPRUDENCE. COMPARISON OF NEW AND OLD LAWS (BNS, BNSS AND BSA) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR CYBERSPACE - NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL (IT RULES 2011, 2018, SOCIAL MEDIA ETHICS CODE 2021) (NATIONAL IT POLICY 2013), NIST, ENISA.

Week 2: CYBER CRIME INVESTIGATION PROCESS AND LAW. DIGITAL EVIDENCE, 65 B/ 63(4) BSA CERTIFICATION, ADMISSIBILITY OF ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE. EVIDENCE RETRIEVAL, COLLECTION

Week 3: CYBER CRIME INVESTIGATION USING OSINT TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES (Virtual Labs), DEEP WEB AND DARK WEB INVESTIGATION

Week 4: DIGITAL FORENSICS APPLICATIONS : DEVICEs , NETWORK, MOBILE ,EMAIL , CLOUD ETC

Week 5: EXPLORING DEFT ( DIGITAL EVIDENCE FORENSIC TOOLKIT ) USING KALI LINUX

Week 6: DIGITAL EVIDENCE PRESENTATION AND APPRECIATION

Week 7: CYBER THREAT INTELLIGENCE AND CYBER WARFARE

Week 8: CYBER FORENSICS USING AI

Books and references

1.Cybercrime and Digital Forensics: An Introduction by Thomas J. Holt, ‎Adam M. Bossler, ‎Kathryn C. Seigfried-Spellar

2.Cyber and Digital Forensic Investigations A Law Enforcement Practitioner’s Perspective by Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, Nhien-An Le-Khac

3.Advancements in Cybercrime Investigation and Digital Forensics by Chandra Singh, Amarnath Mishra, A. Harisha

4.Digital Crime Investigation Handbook for Cyber Crime Investigators by Benild Joseph

Instructor bio

Prof. K.V.K Santhy

Prof. K.V.K. Santhy has been teaching Criminal Law since 24 years, did Doctoral Thesis on “Penal Reforms in India” at Osmania University. She is the Proctor of the University and takes care of discipline on campus. She has been associated with many projects such as “Study of the Indian Penal Code from Gender Perspective” commissioned by NCW, “Law on Grievance Redressal in the Public offices in A P” by Centre for Good Governance, as Coordinator for the project to draft the Amendment Act for “Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994,” with National Deceased Donor Transplantation Network, Mumbai and submitted to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare coordinator of the Project “Defective Investigation leading to acquittals” commissioned by Bureau of Police Research Development, New Delhi and a UGC Major Research Project on “Sentencing perspectives in the State of Andhra Pradesh”. Delivered guest lectures on Criminal Law at NADT, Nagpur and on International Humanitarian Law - Women at ICRC, New Delhi and ASCII, Hyderabad. She is been the Co-Investigator for GIGA ( Global Internet Governance and Advocacy) an initiative of Dept of Information and technology since three years. Coordinated a three day National Workshop on “Advanced Training to teachers in the South Asian Region on International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law” with ICRC.

She visited Max Planck Research Institute for International Criminal Law, Germany as a part of Post Doctoral Research programme on “Punishment and Sentencing”. Submitted report on “Counterfeit Drugs in India” to Max Planck under the Guidance of Professor Dr. Hans-Georg Koch. Publications: Book on “Sentencing: the use and misuse of Discretion”, “Police Torture: Legal Issues and Remedies”, “The significance of Fair Trial under Human Rights Law in matters of criminal justice: a case study of the trial of Former Iraqi Leader, Mr. Saddam Hussein”, ‘Issues in Human Rights’ Edited by Azizur Rahman, Bangladesh, “A critique of the Transplantation of Human organs Act in India”, Practical Lawyer. Participated in National and International Seminars on issues like, Community Sentence, Law on Sea Piracy, Restorative Justice in Europe, Forensic Law and Cyber Laws.

She is also a member of committee constituted for designing course curriculum of cyber security to be introduced at Undergraduate and post graduate level in the State of Telangana by Telangana Higher Education Council

Prof. B Md Irfan

NALSAR University of Law

Prof. B. Md Irfan is working with NALSAR University of Law, as Technical Coordinator / Faculty (Cyber Security) at Center for Cyber Laws and Forensic Sciences (CLFS). He has been delivering theory and practical sessions in domain of Cyber Security, Digital Forensics and Cyber Threat Intelligence for flagship program called Advance Diploma in Cyber Security and Data Protection Laws. He is also associated with various Short-Term Online Skill Development Programs like Cyber Security and Digital Forensics for Graduates, Cyber Crimes Investigation using OSINT Tools and Techniques, Cyber Fraud Risk Assessment in Financial Institutions, Web Intelligence and Social Media Analytics for Media Personnel, Cyber Threat Risk Assessment and Dark Web Analytics for Law Enforcement Officers.

B. Md. Irfan is also working as Operation Technology / Information Security consultant for the IT Industry for last 15 years. His area of expertise is in the field of Cyber Crime investigation, Cyber Fraud Risk Assessment, Open Source Intelligence and Cyber Threat Intelligence. He is been working closely with law enforcement agencies and information security companies on a real time basis for their Cyber security related challenges.

B. Md. Irfan has been associated with various International Cyber Security Professional bodies like ISACA as Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), SANS Institute as GIAC Experienced Cyber Security (GX-CS) Professional and with Palo Alto Networks as Certified Cybersecurity Associate (PCCSA).

He is also instrumental in designing and developing of Cyber Security course for Telangana State Higher Education Council (TSHEC) for all the universities under Telangana state for both UG and PG Programs.

His core areas of Cyber Security is as Blue team with following expertise in Open Source Intelligence (OSINT Frameworks) for Cyber Crime Investigation, DEFT 8.1 (Kali Linux) for Digital Forensics., OpenVAS, W3AF for Cyber Fraud Risk Assessment and Cyber Incidence Response and mitigation using Venerability Assessment & Penetration Testing tool kits , Wireshark, Nmap , Shodan etc for Network Forensics and IOT Forensics.

He has been awarded three Patents from the Indian Patent Office till date.

He has published 15 Research Papers which are Scopus indexed in IEEE Explore and Taylor and Frances to his credit.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.

The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).

Date and Time of Exams: April 17, 2026 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.

Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.

The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.

Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 6 assignments out of the total 8 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

Please note that assignments encompass all types (including quizzes, programming tasks, and essay submissions) available in the specific week.

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Madras .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team