Computer Forensics For Dummies

Linda Volonino (PhD, MBA, CISSP, ACFE) is a computer forensic investigator and expert witness with Robson Forensic, Inc. and a member of InfraGard. Reynaldo Anzaldua (MBA, CISSP, EnCE, CHFI, IBM I-Series) teaches computer forensics and information security at South Texas College and works with private organizations and government agencies.

• Introduction 1 Part I: Digging Out and Documenting Electronic Evidence 7Chapter 1: Knowing What Your Digital Devices Create, Capture, and Pack Away — Until Revelation Day 9Chapter 2: Suiting Up for a Lawsuit or Criminal Investigation 23Chapter 3: Getting Authorized to Search and Seize 39Chapter 4: Documenting and Managing the Crime Scene 55Part II: Preparing to Crack the Case 71Chapter 5: Minding and Finding the Loopholes 73Chapter 6: Acquiring and Authenticating E-Evidence 95Chapter 7: Examining E-Evidence 117Chapter 8: Extracting Hidden Data 135Part III: Doing Computer Forensic Investigations 151Chapter 9: E-Mail and Web Forensics 153Chapter 10: Data Forensics 175Chapter 11: Document Forensics 201Chapter 12: Mobile Forensics 219Chapter 13: Network Forensics 241Chapter 14: Investigating X-Files: eXotic Forensics 265Part IV: Succeeding in Court 275Chapter 15: Holding Up Your End at Pretrial 277Chapter 16: Winning a Case Before You Go to Court 287Chapter 17: Standing Your Ground in Court 295Part V: The Part of Tens 311Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Get Qualifi ed and Prepped for Success 313Chapter 19: Ten Tactics of an Excellent Investigator and a Dangerous Expert Witness 319Chapter 20: Ten Cool Tools for Computer Forensics 325Glossary 331Index 345