Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Linda Volonino (PhD, MBA, CISSP, ACFE) is a computer forensic investigator and expert witness with Robson Forensic, Inc. and a member of InfraGard. Reynaldo Anzaldua (MBA, CISSP, EnCE, CHFI, IBM I-Series) teaches computer forensics and information security at South Texas College and works with private organizations and government agencies.
You’ll learn all about e-mail and Web-based forensics, mobile forensics, passwords and encryption, and other e-evidence found through VoIP, voicemail, legacy mainframes, and databases. You’ll discover how to use the latest forensic software, tools, and equipment to find the answers that you’re looking for in record time. When you understand how data is stored, encrypted, and recovered, you’ll be able to protect your personal privacy as well. By the time you finish reading this book, you’ll know how to:
- Prepare for and conduct computer forensics investigations
- Find and filter data
- Protect personal privacy
- Transfer evidence without contaminating it
- Anticipate legal loopholes and opponents’ methods
- Handle passwords and encrypted data
- Work with the courts and win the case
Plus, Computer Forensics for Dummies includes lists of things that everyone interested in computer forensics should know, do, and build. Discover how to get qualified for a career in computer forensics, what to do to be a great investigator and expert witness, and how to build a forensics lab or toolkit.
Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
Part I: Digging Out and Documenting Electronic Evidence 7
Chapter 1: Knowing What Your Digital Devices Create, Capture, and Pack Away — Until Revelation Day 9
Chapter 2: Suiting Up for a Lawsuit or Criminal Investigation 23
Chapter 3: Getting Authorized to Search and Seize 39
Chapter 4: Documenting and Managing the Crime Scene 55
Part II: Preparing to Crack the Case 71
Chapter 5: Minding and Finding the Loopholes 73
Chapter 6: Acquiring and Authenticating E-Evidence 95
Chapter 7: Examining E-Evidence 117
Chapter 8: Extracting Hidden Data 135
Part III: Doing Computer Forensic Investigations 151
Chapter 9: E-Mail and Web Forensics 153
Chapter 10: Data Forensics 175
Chapter 11: Document Forensics 201
Chapter 12: Mobile Forensics 219
Chapter 13: Network Forensics 241
Chapter 14: Investigating X-Files: eXotic Forensics 265
Part IV: Succeeding in Court 275
Chapter 15: Holding Up Your End at Pretrial 277
Chapter 16: Winning a Case Before You Go to Court 287
Chapter 17: Standing Your Ground in Court 295
Part V: The Part of Tens 311
Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Get Qualifi ed and Prepped for Success 313
Chapter 19: Ten Tactics of an Excellent Investigator and a Dangerous Expert Witness 319
Chapter 20: Ten Cool Tools for Computer Forensics 325
Glossary 331
Index 345
Learn to:
- Prepare for and conduct computer forensic investigations
- Find and filter data
- Use the latest forensic software, tools, and equipment
- Work with the courts
When the crime scene is a computer or handheld device, you can uncover a digital evidence trail!
Pressing Delete doesn't hide anything! Professional and armchair investigators alike can learn the basics of computer forensics, from digging out electronic evidence to solving the case. You don't need a computer science degree to master e-discovery! Find and filter data in mobile devices, e-mail, and other Web-based technologies.
- Protect personal privacy understand how a digital evidence trail is stored, hidden, and recorded
- Dig out evidence learn how to extract and transfer evidence without contaminating it
- Analyze findings distinguish between the science of forensics and the art of investigation, which requires your intuition and creativity
- Prepare to crack the case anticipate legal loopholes and opponents' methods
- Succeed in court prepare yourself to sit on the stand and expertly exhibit evidence
Open the book and find:
- Basics of computer forensics and e-discovery
- How to find and filter data
- E-mail, Web-based, and mobile forensics information
- How to handle passwords and encrypted data
- Tips for voicemail, legacy mainframes, and databases
- Dangers of avoiding best practices
- A guide to software, tools, and equipment
- How to work with the courts to win your case
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Linda Volonino (PhD, MBA, CISSP, ACFE) is a computer forensic investigator and expert witness with Robson Forensic, Inc. and a member of InfraGard. Reynaldo Anzaldua (MBA, CISSP, EnCE, CHFI, IBM I-Series) teaches computer forensics and information security at South Texas College and works with private organizations and government agencies.