Introductory Computer Forensics: A Handson Practical Approach

This textbook provides an introduction to digital forensics, a rapidly evolving field for solving crimes. Beginning with the basic concepts of computer forensics, each of the books 21 chapters focuses on a particular forensic topic composed of two parts: background knowledge and handson experience through practice exercises. Each theoretical or background section concludes with a series of review questions, which are prepared to test students understanding of the materials, while the practice exercises are intended to afford students the opportunity to apply the concepts introduced in the section on background knowledge.This experienceoriented textbook is meant to assist students in gaining a better understanding of digital forensics through handson practice in collecting and preserving digital evidence by completing various exercises. With 20 studentdirected, inquirybased practice exercises, students will better understand digital forensic concepts and learn digital forensic investigation techniques.This textbook is intended for upper undergraduate and graduatelevel students who are taking digitalforensic related courses or working in digital forensics research. It can also be used by digital forensics practitioners, IT security analysts, and security engineers working in the IT security industry, particular IT professionals responsible for digital investigation and incident handling or researchers working in these related fields as a reference book.