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Learn the core techniques of computer forensics to acquire and secure digital evidence skillfully

Conduct a digital forensic examination and document the digital evidence collected

Perform a variety of Windows forensic investigations to analyze and overcome complex challenges

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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.

Who is this book for?

If you're an IT beginner, student, or an investigator in the public or private sector this book is for you. This book will also help professionals and investigators who are new to incident response and digital forensics and interested in making a career in the cybersecurity domain. Individuals planning to pass the Certified Forensic Computer Examiner (CFCE) certification will also find this book useful.

What you will learn

Understand investigative processes, the rules of evidence, and ethical guidelines

Recognize and document different types of computer hardware

Understand the boot process covering BIOS, UEFI, and the boot sequence

Validate forensic hardware and software

Discover the locations of common Windows artifacts

Document your findings using technically correct terminology

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Rebecca Smith-Terry May 18, 2020

I am a relatively newcomer to the filed of digital/computer forensics, having just completed my college degree in December 2019. Since I am new to the field, I have had the opportunity to read several of the other books out there that are introductions to this type of work. Many of those books have been confusing and often difficult to follow, often assuming that the reader already has a fairly extensive knowledge of computer forensics to begin with. Mr. Oettingers book follows an easy to read and understand pattern and includes several helpful links to resources from NIST, digital forensic software providers, and other reading resources. The breakdown of areas such as file systems, choosing the right forensic tools, how to create a forensic image and then how to investigate and analyze that image has been very insightful. Sometimes authors of these types of books can confuse their readers by not writing in a logical manner or by using too much technological language for someone that is just starting out in this field. This book has not only refreshed my memory of somethings that I have already learned about but it has also provided a lot more information that is brand new to me. I have a colleague that is looking for a new introductory level text book to use in his Cybersecurity curriculum at a local community college and I am most definitely going to recommend this book.

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Shinjoy C. Jan 02, 2022

This book give you complete knowledge of cyber forensic(computer). Just go for it.

Lucas Aug 30, 2021

Livre très intéressant.

Aaron May 23, 2020

This is a great book for beginners but also great for experienced examiners to brush up on the fundamentals. For instance, I've been using the E01 evidence file format for years but I didn't realize there is a CRC calculation every 64 bytes as the forensic image is created. I learned something new about something I thought I knew everything about given that I deal with E01's on a daily basis. That is just one example for me personally in this book where I learned something. Knowledge is perishable no one should be above learning something new, even if it means revisiting the basics from time to time. This book should be a good reference for many years to come. I highly recommend it!

Mayowa Mar 12, 2021

This book is definitely “the plug”. I was searching and reading comments on this type of books and I am very sure that I will not regret purchasing this one. I will come back to leave a new comment after I finish reading the book.Thank you!

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