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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daniel, Larry (Larry E.)

Contributor:

Daniel, Lars (Lars E.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronic discovery (Law)--United States.

Electronic discovery (Law).

Evidence, Documentary--United States.

Evidence, Documentary.

Electronic records--Law and legislation--United States.

Electronic records.

Computer files--Law and legislation--United States.

Computer files.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (363 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Understanding digital evidence from the warrant to the courtroom

Place of Publication:

Boston : Elsevier, 2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613272867

9781283272865

1283272865

9781597496445

1597496448

OCLC:

753480160