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Digital Forensics and Incident Response

By : Gerard Johansen
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Digital Forensics and Incident Response

By: Gerard Johansen

Overview of this book

Digital Forensics and Incident Response will guide you through the entire spectrum of tasks associated with incident response, starting with preparatory activities associated with creating an incident response plan and creating a digital forensics capability within your own organization. You will then begin a detailed examination of digital forensic techniques including acquiring evidence, examining volatile memory, hard drive assessment, and network-based evidence. You will also explore the role that threat intelligence plays in the incident response process. Finally, a detailed section on preparing reports will help you prepare a written report for use either internally or in a courtroom. By the end of the book, you will have mastered forensic techniques and incident response and you will have a solid foundation on which to increase your ability to investigate such incidents in your organization.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Author
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Preface

Written reports


How the written report is structured is often dictated by several factors. There are many aspects of an incident response, such as the personnel involved, the type and depth of the investigation conducted, the amount of resources involved, and how many individuals from the organization were involved not only in investigating the incident, but who also have a stake in the outcome. As a result, some organizations may combine the core elements of the incident report, executive summary, and the forensic report into a single document. Others may find that separating out the documentation may better serve those with differing involvement and stakes in the incident investigation. The following are some of the key pieces of information that should be captured and reported during an investigation.

Executive summary

As was previously discussed, the executive summary captures the macro-level view of the incident. This includes a summary of the events, a description of the root cause,...