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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

Report Writing

I have worked with examiners who loved getting down to the bits and bytes of investigation. No one worked harder as they examined the digital evidence, tracking the digital breadcrumbs until they had the evidence they needed. They were intelligent and brilliant, and if I had committed a digital crime, I would not want them to investigate it. It had nothing to do with their ability to investigate and everything to do with their ability to write a report. To say their report was lacking is a massive understatement.

Report writing is one of the hardest things you can do as a digital forensic investigator. You must take a very technical subject and explain it in a manner that a non-technical person will understand while not making any assumptions about the potential user or the digital evidence.

We will cover the following topics in this chapter:

  • Effective note taking
  • Writing a valuable report