Digital forensics for legal professionals : understanding digital evidence from the warrant to the courtroom / / Larry Daniel and Lars Daniel

• Autore: Daniel Larry (Larry E.)
• Pubblicazione: Boston, : Elsevier, 2011
• Edizione: 1st edition
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (363 p.)
• Disciplina: 347.73/64
• Soggetto topico: Electronic discovery (Law) - United States; Evidence, Documentary - United States; Electronic records - Law and legislation - United States; Computer files - Law and legislation - United States
• Altri autori: DanielLars (Lars E.)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Digital Forensics for Legal Professionals; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Intended Audience; Organization of this Book; Section I: Overview of Digital Forensics; Section II: Experts; Section III: Motions and Discovery; Section IV: Common Types of Digital Evidence; About the Authors; About the Tech Editors; 1 WHAT IS DIGITAL FORENSICS?; 1 Digital Evidence Is Everywhere; Introduction; 1.1 What is Digital Forensics?; 1.2 What is Digital Evidence?; 1.3 How Digital Evidence is Created And Stored; Summary; 2 Overview of Digital Forensics; Introduction; 2.1 Digital Forensics ; 2.1.1 Acquisition 2.1.2 Preservation; 2.1.3 Analysis; 2.1.4 Presentation; 2.2 A Little Computer History; 2.3 A Brief History of Computer Forensics; 2.4 Computer Forensics Becomes Digital Forensics; Summary; 3 Digital Forensics: The Subdisciplines; Introduction; 3.1 The Subdisciplines; 3.2 Computer Forensics; 3.2.1 Incident response; 3.2.2 Cell phone forensics; 3.2.3 GPS forensics; 3.2.4 Media device forensics; 3.2.5 Social media forensics; 3.2.6 Digital video and photo forensics; 3.2.7 Digital camera forensics; 3.2.8 Digital audio forensics; 3.2.9 Multiplayer game forensics ; 3.2.10 Game console forensics Summary; 4 The Foundations of Digital Forensics: Best Practices; Introduction; 4.1 Who Establishes Best Practices?; 4.2 Who should be Following Best Practices?; 4.3 Summary of Best Practices; 4.3.1 Volatile data and live forensics; 4.3.2 Preservation best practices; 4.3.3 Acquisition best practices; 4.4 What Really Happens in Many Cases; Summary; 5 Overview of Digital Forensics Tools; Introduction; 5.1 What Makes a Tool Forensically Sound?; 5.2 Who Performs Tool Testing?; 5.3 Computer Forensics Tools: An Overview; 5.4 Classes of Forensics Tools ; 5.5 Mobile Device Forensics Tools Summary; References; 6 Digital Forensics at Work in the Legal System; Introduction; 6.1 Mitigation; 6.2 Pre-trial Motions; 6.3 Trial Preparation; 6.4 Example Trial Questions; 6.4.1 A civil case example; 6.4.2 Criminal trial example; 6.5 Trial Phase; Summary; 2 EXPERTS; 7 Why Do I Need an Expert?; Introduction; 7.1 Why Hire a Digital Forensics Expert?; 7.2 When to Hire a Digital Forensics Expert; Summary; 8 The Difference between Computer Experts and Digital Forensics Experts; Introduction; 8.1 The Computer Expert; 8.2 The Digital Forensics Expert ; 8.3 A Side-by-Side Comparison 8.4 Investigation of Digital Evidence; 8.4.1 What does it mean to "investigate"?; Summary; 9 Selecting a Digital Forensics Expert; Introduction; 9.1 What is an Expert?; 9.2 Locating and Selecting an Expert; 9.2.1 Establishing your selection criteria; 9.2.2 What evidence is part of your case?; 9.2.3 What type of case do you have?; 9.2.4 The prequalification process; 9.2.5 What is a reasonable fee?; 9.2.6 How can you tell what is a reasonable fee quote?; 9.3 Certifications; 9.4 Training, Education, and Experience; 9.5 The Right Forensic Tools; Summary; References ; 10 What to Expect from an Expert
• Sommario/riassunto: Digital Forensics for Legal Professionals provides you with a guide to digital technology forensics in plain English. In the authors' years of experience in working with attorneys as digital forensics experts, common questions arise again and again: "What do I ask for?? "Is the evidence relevant?? "What does this item in the forensic report mean?? "What should I ask the other expert?? "What should I ask you?? "Can you explain that to a jury?? This book answers many of those questions in clear language that is understandable by non-technical people. With many illustrations and diagram
• Altri titoli varianti: Understanding digital evidence from the warrant to the courtroom
• Titolo autorizzato: Digital forensics for legal professionals
• ISBN: 1-283-27286-5; 9786613272867; 1-59749-644-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816953603321
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