This excerpt from Chapter 5 of File System Forensic Analysis is posted with permission from Addison-Wesley Professional. The last chapter provided an overview of volume analysis and why it’s important ...

Digital forensics has become a pivotal discipline in the investigation of cybercrime and data recovery, focusing on the systematic extraction, analysis, and interpretation of data from digital devices ...

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The old saying is if your data isn’t backed up at least twice, it’s not backed up at all. For those not wise enough to heed this adage, there are a number of options available to you if you wish your ...

It is difficult, if not impossible, to keep what we do online or on an electronic device private. Every action creates digital forensic artifacts — residual forensic evidence left behind when users or ...

When I am dead, I hope it is said, ‘His sins were scarlet, but his books were read’. -Hilaire Belloc When I am dead, I hope it is said, ‘His sins were scarlet, but his books were read’. -Hilaire ...

The Defense Computer Forensics Lab’s caseload has grown each year and its got a 20% vacancy rate. The Defense Computer Forensics Lab’s caseload has grown each year. In 2000, the DCFL investigated 148 ...