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Learn Computer Forensics

By : William Oettinger
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Learn Computer Forensics

By: William Oettinger

Overview of this book

A computer forensics investigator must possess a variety of skills, including the ability to answer legal questions, gather and document evidence, and prepare for an investigation. This book will help you get up and running with using digital forensic tools and techniques to investigate cybercrimes successfully. Starting with an overview of forensics and all the open source and commercial tools needed to get the job done, you'll learn core forensic practices for searching databases and analyzing data over networks, personal devices, and web applications. You'll then learn how to acquire valuable information from different places, such as filesystems, e-mails, browser histories, and search queries, and capture data remotely. As you advance, this book will guide you through implementing forensic techniques on multiple platforms, such as Windows, Linux, and macOS, to demonstrate how to recover valuable information as evidence. Finally, you'll get to grips with presenting your findings efficiently in judicial or administrative proceedings. By the end of this book, you'll 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)
1
Section 1: Acquiring Evidence
6
Section 2: Investigation
12
Section 3: Reporting

Questions

  1. You should start taking notes __________?

    a. When you receive notification

    b. When you get to the scene

    c. When you start the exam

    d. When you start the report

  2. What information should you include in your notes?

    a. What you had for breakfast

    b. The shoe size of the suspect

    c. Location of the digital evidence at the scene

    d. Weather conditions

  3. There is a national standard for notetaking.

    a. True

    b. False

  4. When drafting the report, who should you keep in mind?

    a. Supervisor

    b. Chief of police

    c. District attorney

    d. The reader

  5. What information is not contained in the Administrative Information section?

    a. Your birthday

    b. Agency name

    c. Suspect information

    d. Witness information

  6. The Executive Summary should not exceed 25 percent of your report.

    a. True

    b. False

  7. What should your draft report be?

    a. Detailed

    b. Brief

    c. Clear

    d. Efficient

The answers can be found at the back of this book.