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Learn Computer Forensics – 2nd edition - Second Edition

By : William Oettinger
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Learn Computer Forensics – 2nd edition - Second Edition

By: William Oettinger

Overview of this book

Computer Forensics, being a broad topic, involves a variety of skills which will involve seizing electronic evidence, acquiring data from electronic evidence, data analysis, and finally developing a forensic report. This book will help you to build up the skills you need to work in a highly technical environment. This book's ideal goal is to get you up and running with forensics tools and techniques to successfully investigate crime and corporate misconduct. You will discover ways to collect personal information about an individual from online sources. You will also learn how criminal investigations are performed online while preserving data such as e-mails, images, and videos that may be important to a case. You will further explore networking and understand Network Topologies, IP Addressing, and Network Devices. Finally, you will how to write a proper forensic report, the most exciting portion of the forensic exam process. By the end of this book, you will have developed a clear understanding of how to acquire, analyze, and present digital evidence, like a proficient computer forensics investigator.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
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Index

Corporate investigations

We will now discuss computer forensics from a civilian or non-law enforcement perspective. Since you are not an agent of the government, the search warrant requirement does not pertain to you. (Your specific jurisdiction may be different.) While you may not have the search warrant requirement, you cannot seize and analyze private property. What do I mean by that? You are the investigator for a large multinational corporation; you have an employee you believe is harassing other employees and may have viewed illicit images on their company laptop. What is the legal requirement for you to examine the contents of the employee’s laptop? If you are an agent of the government, the employee has an expectation of privacy. However, as an employee utilizing the company’s equipment, in the United States the courts have held that the employee has a limited expectation of privacy on the data in the device.

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