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Handbook of Digital Forensics and Investigation

Name: Handbook of Digital Forensics and Investigation
Author: Eoghan Casey
ISBN: 9780080921471

by Eoghan Casey

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Overview

This completely revised reference work will concentrate on providing specific practical information in a well organized format. Each chapter will have a consistent structure, covering similar aspects of different systems when appropriate. In order to provide readers with the knowledge they will need, and to create a thorough understanding of how to utilize the widest range of digital evidence in vastly varying situations, this work is divided into two parts: Investigative Methodology and Forensic Analysis.

The Investigative Methodology section will provide guidance in how to conduct three distinct types of digital investigations: forensic analysis, e-discovery, intrusion investigation. This section will end with an objective discussion of the tools, describing tool evaluation and noting the limitations of forensic software.

The Forensic Analysis section will provide in-depth technical descriptions of digital evidence analysis in commonly encountered situations, starting with computers, moving on to networks, and culminating with embedded systems. This section will demonstrate how forensic science is applied in different technological contexts, providing investigators with technical information and guidance they can use at the crime scene. These technical chapters will focus on the recovery and analysis of digital evidence.

*Demonstrates how computer system usage leaves traces that are useful in investigations, how to locate digital evidence, how that evidence is created and what it means
*Furnishes forensic examiners with a range of tools to verify results
*Case examples in every chapter convey complex concepts, giving readers a sense of the technical, legal, and practical challenges that arise in real investigations

About the Author, Eoghan Casey

Eoghan Casey is an internationally recognized expert in data breach investigations and information security forensics. He is founding partner of CASEITE.com, and co-manages the Risk Prevention and Response business unit at DFLabs. Over the past decade, he has consulted with many attorneys, agencies, and police departments in the United States, South America, and Europe on a wide range of digital investigations, including fraud, violent crimes, identity theft, and on-line criminal activity. Eoghan has helped organizations investigate and manage security breaches, including network intrusions with international scope. He has delivered expert testimony in civil and criminal cases, and has submitted expert reports and prepared trial exhibits for computer forensic and cyber-crime cases.

In addition to his casework and writing the foundational book Digital Evidence and Computer Crime, Eoghan has worked as R&D Team Lead in the Defense Cyber Crime Institute (DCCI) at the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3) helping enhance their operational capabilities and develop new techniques and tools. He also teaches graduate students at Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute and created the Mobile Device Forensics course taught worldwide through the SANS Institute. He has delivered keynotes and taught workshops around the globe on various topics related to data breach investigation, digital forensics and cyber security.

Eoghan has performed thousands of forensic acquisitions and examinations, including Windows and UNIX systems, Enterprise servers, smart phones, cell phones, network logs, backup tapes, and database systems. He also has information security experience, as an Information Security Officer at Yale University and in subsequent consulting work. He has performed vulnerability assessments, deployed and maintained intrusion detection systems, firewalls and public key infrastructures, and developed policies, procedures, and educational programs for a variety of organizations. Eoghan has authored advanced technical books in his areas of expertise that are used by practitioners and universities around the world, and he is Editor-in-Chief of Elsevier's International Journal of Digital Investigation.