Computer Forensics for Dummies

Linda Volonino, Reynaldo Anzaldua0470371919, 978-0-470-37191-6

Digging out and documenting electronic evidence –, Knowing what your digital devices create, capture, and pack away — until revelation day –, Suiting up for a lawsuit or criminal investigation –, Getting authorized to search and seize –, Documenting and managing the crime scene –, Preparing to crack the case –, Minding and finding the loopholes –, Acquiring and authenticating e-evidence –, Examining e-evidence –, Extracting hidden data –, Doing computer forensics investigations –, E-mail and web forensics –, Data forensics –, Document forensics –, Mobile forensics –, Network forensics –, Investigating x-files: exotic forensics –, Succeeding in court –, Holding up your end at pretrial –, Winning a case before you go to court –, Standing your ground in court –, Part of tens –, Ten ways to get qualified and prepped for success –, Ten tactics of an excellent investigator and a dangerous expert witness –, Ten cool tools for computer forensics –; A guide to the basics of computer forensics covers such topics as acquiring and examining e-evidence, extracting hidden data, filtering data, handling passwords and encrypted data, and exhibiting evidence in court