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Computer Forensics for Dummies


Title Computer Forensics for Dummies
Author Linda Volonino & Reynaldo Anzaldua
Publisher For Dummies
Year Published 2008

The book to computer forensics for dummies is written for everybody from individuals to professionals. Individuals who are concerned about how personal information get recorded digitally, professionals who needs to acquire email or business records for lawsuit or audit purposes. A quick read of this book will allow you to get some basic information on what computer forensics are about.

Some of the main topics on computer forensics how-to are:

  • Prepare and conduct computer forensic investigations on actual practice.
  • Information on the current accepted software, tools and equipment by law enforcement, FBI, the court and regulatory agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
  • How to conduct investigations using generally accepted methods.
  • Viewing digital evidences and computer forensics from the perspective of investigators.

A look at the table of contents

  • Knowing what your digital device create, capture and pack away, until revelation day
  • Suiting up for a lawsuit or criminal investigation
  • Getting authorised to search and seize
  • Documenting and managing the crime scene
  • Minding and finding the loopholes
  • Acquiring and authenticating e-evidence
  • Examining e-evidence
  • Extracting hidden data
  • Email and web forensics
  • Data forensics
  • Document forensics
  • Mobile forensics
  • Network forensics
  • Investigating x-files: exotic forensics
  • Holding up your end at pretrial
  • Winning a case before you go to court
  • Standing your ground in court
  • 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

 

Previews of this book can be found at:

http://books.google.com.sg/books?id=gVbN3ef1V1MC&pg
=PA1&dq=computer+forensic+for+dummies#PPP1,M1

Find this book at the National Library:

http://catalogue.nlb.gov.sg/cgi-bin/cw_cgi?fullRecord+25902+3002+13166301+1+0

 

 

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