Practical Digital Forensics

Forensics offers every IT and computer professional a wide opportunity of exciting and lucrative career. This book is a treasure trove of practical knowledge for anyone interested in forensics including where to seek evidence and how to extract it from buried digital spaces. The book begins with the exploration of Digital Forensics with a brief overview of the fields most basic definitions terms and concepts about scientific investigations. The book lays down the groundwork for how digital forensics works and explains its primary objectives including collecting acquiring and analyzing digital evidence. This book focuses on starting from the essentials of forensics and then practicing the primary tasks and activities that forensic analysts and investigators execute for every security incident. This book will provide you with the technical abilities necessary for Digital Forensics from the ground up in the form of stories hints notes and links to further reading. Towards the end youll also have the opportunity to build up your lab complete with detailed instructions and a wide range of forensics tools in which you may put your newly acquired knowledge to the test.