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Computer Forensics with FTK

By : Fernando Carbone
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Computer Forensics with FTK

By: Fernando Carbone

Overview of this book

<p>With the increase of electronic crimes and the need to constantly audit the proper use of resources, companies need qualified professionals and appropriate tools to carry out these activities. The FTK platform, with the ability to collect and analyze digital evidence quickly and with integrity, is a great solution to help professionals achieve these goals. It is extremely useful for conducting digital investigations, helping you conduct a thorough investigation through a single tool and ensure the integrity of evidence. It is hard to find technical information on this tool and that’s where this book will come in handy, helping professionals perform their activities with greater excellence.</p> <p>This tutorial leads by example, providing you with everything you need to use FTK and the tools included such as FTK Imager, Registry View, and PRTK in order to enhance your Computer Forensics knowledge in an easier and more efficient way.</p> <p>You will be introduced to the background of Computer Forensics, which include the types of digital devices that can be acquired and how to prepare for a new case of investigation. You will become acquainted with the FTK architecture and learn how to leverage its features in order to help you find the evidence as fast as possible. Through this book, you will also learn the memory forensics technique using the memory dump feature of FTK Imager. Furthermore, you will learn how to extract some important information such as process and DLL information, Sockets, and Driver List Open Handles.</p> <p>To conclude your tutorial, you will learn how to extract information from Windows Registry and how to recover passwords from the system and files. You will find this book an invaluable supplement to teach you all the steps required for the completion of investigations on digital media and to generate consistent and irrefutable evidence in court.</p>
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Computer Forensics with FTK
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.packtpub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Getting Started with Computer Forensics Using FTK
Index

Reporting the case


The report is the most important part of your process. This is what is seen of the work by recipients. All the analysis work is useless if the report cannot clearly show the links between the identified evidence and the alleged offence.

You can create a case report about the relevant information of your investigation case. Reports can be generated in different formats, including HTML and PDF.

To create a case report, perform the following steps:

  1. Click on File and then click on Report… to run the Report wizard:

  2. Select the information that will be used for the generation of the report in the Report Outline box and fill the information related to each.

  3. Click on OK:

  4. In the Report Folder field, set the path to output your report.

  5. Select a language to use on report.

  6. Select the output file format.

  7. Click on OK to generate a final report.

You can distribute your report in a printed form by e-mail, portable media, or as a website.