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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

Data visualization


Data visualization is a feature that provides a graphical interface to enhance understanding and analysis of the files and e-mails in a case. You view data based on the file and e-mail dates.

Data visualization supports the following data types:

  • File data: This lets you view file data from either the Explore tab or the Overview tab

  • E-mail data: This lets you view e-mail data from the Email tab

  • Internet browser history: This lets you view Internet browser history data

To open data visualization, see the Explorer, Overview, or Email tab to select your dataset. Click on Tools and select Visualization.

Data visualization has the following three main components:

  • Time line pane: This provides graphics that represent the available data

  • Dashboard: This provides graphical chart panes of the data

  • Data list pane: This provides a list of the data items

Tip

Normally, to use the data visualization feature, you need a separate license. Check this information at the time of acquisition of the solution...