Building a Digital Forensic Laboratory: Establishing and Managing a Successful Facility

Andrew Jones · Craig Valli

thg 4 2011 · Butterworth-Heinemann

Giới thiệu về sách điện tử này

The need to professionally and successfully conduct computer forensic investigations of incidents and crimes has never been greater. This has caused an increased requirement for information about the creation and management of computer forensic laboratories and the investigations themselves. This includes a great need for information on how to cost-effectively establish and manage a computer forensics laboratory. This book meets that need: a clearly written, non-technical book on the topic of computer forensics with emphasis on the establishment and management of a computer forensics laboratory and its subsequent support to successfully conducting computer-related crime investigations.

• Provides guidance on creating and managing a computer forensics lab
• Covers the regulatory and legislative environment in the US and Europe
• Meets the needs of IT professionals and law enforcement as well as consultants

Giới thiệu tác giả

Dr. Andrew Jones is a digital forensic and information security researcher and academic and has developed several tools and processes for the efficient and effective recovery of data from a range of devices. He has also participated and led a number of forensic investigations for criminal and civil cases. Andrew has been involved in several information security projects for the Government Communications Electronic Security Group (CESG), the Office of the E-Envoy, the police and a defense contractor. He acted as the technical advisor for the then National Crime Squad Data Acquisition and Recovery Team and he is currently on the committees for five information security and computer forensic conferences. He also sat on two working groups of the governments Central Sponsor for Information Assurance National Information Assurance Forum. He holds posts as an adjunct professor at Edith Cowan University in Perth, Australia and the University of South Australia in Adelaide. He has authored six books in the areas of Information Warfare, Information Security and Digital Forensics, including co-authoring Digital Forensics Processing and Procedures, First Edition.