Practical Digital Forensics

Get started with the art and science of digital forensics with this practical, hands-on guide!

Key Features

• Champion the skills of digital forensics by understanding the nature of recovering and preserving digital information which is essential for legal or disciplinary proceedings
• Explore new and promising forensic processes and tools based on 'disruptive technology' to regain control of caseloads.
• Richard Boddington, with 10+ years of digital forensics, demonstrates real life scenarios with a pragmatic approach

Book Description

What you will learn

• Gain familiarity with a range of different digital devices and operating and application systems that store digital evidence.
• Appreciate and understand the function and capability of forensic processes and tools to locate and recover digital evidence.
• Develop an understanding of the critical importance of recovering digital evidence in pristine condition and ensuring its safe handling from seizure to tendering it in evidence in court.
• Recognise the attributes of digital evidence and where it may be hidden and is often located on a range of digital devices.
• Understand the importance and challenge of digital evidence analysis and how it can assist investigations and court cases.
• Explore emerging technologies and processes that empower forensic practitioners and other stakeholders to harness digital evidence more effectively.

Who this book is for

This book is for anyone who wants to get into the field of digital forensics. Prior knowledge of programming languages (any) will be of great help, but not a compulsory prerequisite.