Uncover a digital trail of e-evidence by using the helpful, easy-to-understand information in Computer Forensics For Dummies ! Professional and armchair investigators alike can learn the basics of computer forensics, from digging out electronic evidence to solving the case. You won&;t need a computer science degree to master e-discovery. Find and filter data in mobile devices, e-mail, and other Web-based technologies. You&;ll learn all about e-mail and Web-based forensics, mobile forensics, passwords and encryption, and other e-evidence found through VoIP, voicemail, legacy mainframes, and databases. You&;ll discover how to use the latest forensic software, tools, and equipment to find the answers that you&;re looking for in record time. When you understand how data is stored, encrypted, and recovered, you&;ll be able to protect your personal privacy as well. By the time you finish reading this book, you&;ll know how to: Prepare for and conduct computer forensics investigations Find and filter data Protect personal privacy Transfer evidence without contaminating it Anticipate legal loopholes and opponents&; methods Handle passwords and encrypted data Work with the courts and win the case Plus, Computer Forensics for Dummies includes lists of things that everyone interested in computer forensics should know, do, and build. Discover how to get qualified for a career in computer forensics, what to do to be a great investigator and expert witness, and how to build a forensics lab or toolkit. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file. Introduction -- Pt. I: 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 -- -- Pt. II: Preparing to crack the case -- Minding and finding the loopholes -- Acquiring and authenticating e-evidence -- Examining e-evidence -- Extracting hidden data -- -- Pt. III: Doing computer forensics investigations -- E-mail and web forensics -- Data forensics -- Document forensics -- Mobile forensics -- Network forensics -- Investigating x-files: exotic forensics -- -- Pt. IV: Succeeding in court -- Holding up your end at pretrial -- Winning a case before you go to court -- Standing your ground in court -- -- Pt. V: The 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 ---- Glossary-- Index. 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-- source other than Library of Congress
