"Information security"

Includes bibliographical references (pages 685-690) and index.

1. Understanding the Digital Forensics Profession and Investigations. -
2. The Investigator's Office and Laboratory. -
3. Data Acquisition. -
4. Processing Crime and Incident Scenes. -
5. Working with Windows and CLI Systems. -
6. Current Computer Forensics Tools. -
7. Linux Boot Processes and File Systems. -
8. Recovering Graphics Files. -
9. Digital Forensics Analysis and Validation. -
10. Virtual Machine Forensics, Live Acquisitions and Cloud Forensics. -
11. Email and Social Media. -
12. Mobile Device Forensics and the Internet of Anything. -
13. Cloud Forensics. -
14. Report Writing for High-Tech Investigations. -
15. Expert Testimony in Digital Forensic Investigations. -
16. Ethics for the Digital Forensic Examiner and Expert Witness. -
Appendix A: Digital Forensics Test References. -
Appendix B: Digital Forensics References. -
Appendix C: Digital Forensics Lab Considerations. -
Appendix D: Digital Forensics Alternative Tools and Methods.

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