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Computer Forensics For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer Tech))
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by Linda Volonino and Reynaldo Anzaldua
Sales Rank: 98022
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List Price: $29.99
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Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: For Dummies October 13, 2008
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0470371919
ISBN-13: 978-0470371916
Product Dimensions:
9.2 x 7.4 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
Product Description
Uncover a digital trail of e-evidence by using the helpful, easy-to-understand information in Computer Forensics For Dummies! Professional and armchair investigators alike can learn the basics of computer forensics, from digging out electronic evidence to solving the case. You won’t need a computer science degree to master e-discovery. Find and filter data in mobile devices, e-mail, and other Web-based technologies.
You’ll learn all about e-mail and Web-based forensics, mobile forensics, passwords and encryption, and other e-evidence found through VoIP, voicemail, legacy mainframes, and databases. You’ll discover how to use the latest forensic software, tools, and equipment to find the answers that you’re looking for in record time. When you understand how data is stored, encrypted, and recovered, you’ll be able to protect your personal privacy as well. By the time you finish reading this book, you’ll know how to: - Prepare for and conduct computer forensics investigations
- Find and filter data
- Protect personal privacy
- Transfer evidence without contaminating it
- Anticipate legal loopholes and opponents’ methods
- Handle passwords and encrypted data
- Work with the courts and win the case
Plus, Computer Forensics for Dummies includes lists of things that everyone interested in computer forensics should know, do, and build. Discover how to get qualified for a career in computer forensics, what to do to be a great investigator and expert witness, and how to build a forensics lab or toolkit.
Back Cover Copy
When the crime scene is a computer or handheld device, you can uncover a digital evidence trail!
Pressing Delete doesn't hide anything! Professional and armchair investigators alike can learn the basics of computer forensics, from digging out electronic evidence to solving the case. You don't need a computer science degree to master e-discovery! Find and filter data in mobile devices, e-mail, and other Web-based technologies. -
Protect personal privacy — understand how a digital evidence trail is stored, hidden, and recorded -
Dig out evidence — learn how to extract and transfer evidence without contaminating it -
Analyze findings — distinguish between the science of forensics and the art of investigation, which requires your intuition and creativity -
Prepare to crack the case — anticipate legal loopholes and opponents' methods -
Succeed in court — prepare yourself to sit on the stand and expertly exhibit evidence
Visit the companion Web site at www.dummies.com/go/computerforensics for links to free trial downloads of the latest computer forensics software, resources, and more
Open the book and find: -
Basics of computer forensics and e-discovery -
How to find and filter data -
E-mail, Web-based, and mobile forensics information -
How to handle passwords and encrypted data -
Tips for voicemail, legacy mainframes, and databases -
Dangers of avoiding best practices -
A guide to software, tools, and equipment -
How to work with the courts to win your case
Customer Reviews & Comments
Not only does this book explain what evidence gets left, it helps understand how Wall St execs can be investigated. Easy to read and understand. It clears up alot of mysteries about what's going on inside computers and networks.
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Computer Forensics For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer Tech))
List Price: $29.99
Available from Amazon
Price: $19.79
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