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Learn Computer Forensics

You're reading from  Learn Computer Forensics

Product type Book
Published in Apr 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838648176
Pages 368 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Author (1):
William Oettinger William Oettinger
Profile icon William Oettinger

Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface 1. Section 1: Acquiring Evidence
2. Chapter 1: Types of Computer-Based Investigations 3. Chapter 2: The Forensic Analysis Process 4. Chapter 3: Acquisition of Evidence 5. Chapter 4: Computer Systems 6. Section 2: Investigation
7. Chapter 5: Computer Investigation Process 8. Chapter 6: Windows Artifact Analysis 9. Chapter 7: RAM Memory Forensic Analysis 10. Chapter 8: Email Forensics – Investigation Techniques 11. Chapter 9: Internet Artifacts 12. Section 3: Reporting
13. Chapter 10: Report Writing 14. Chapter 11: Expert Witness Ethics 15. Assessments 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Understanding the analysis process

Once you have collected data from the scene, you return to your lab and it is now time to start your forensic analysis. You will find yourself quickly overwhelmed by the sheer amount of data you will find in storage devices. You have to quickly determine whether the information contained within the storage containers is pertinent to your investigation. This is the point where the information gathering that occurred in the case information and legal issues step of the process will play an essential part.

Therefore, you have to capture the five Ws of the investigation (previously mentioned in Chapter 1Types of Computer-Based Investigations). Tie the activity on the computer system with a specific user and identify that user as a real-life person.

If the investigation already has a live suspect identified, you correlate that suspect and the user on the computer system. Some guidelines we are about to discuss can be done with...

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