WINDOWS FORENSICS: THE FIELD GUIDE FOR CONDUCTING CORPORATE COMPUTER INVESTIGATIONS
- ISBN-10
- 8126510366
- ISBN-13
- 9788126510368
- Pages
- 408
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Author
- Chad Steel
Description
Market_Desc: · Technology professionals charged with security in corporate, government, and enterprise settings. Special Features: · Step-by-step guide for IT professionals who must conduct constant computer investigations in the face of constant computer attacks such as phishing , which create virus plagued enterprise systems· Unique coverage not found in other literature: what it takes to become a forensic analyst; how to conduct an investigation; peer-to-peer, IM, and browser (including FireFox) forensics; and Lotus Notes forensics (Notes still holds 40% of the Fortune 100 market). · Author has strong corporate and government contacts and experience About The Book: The book can best be described as a handbook and guide for conducting computer investigations in a corporate setting, with a focus on the most prevalent operating system (Windows). The book is supplemented with sidebar/callout topics of current interest with greater depth, and actual case studies. The organization is broken into 3 sections as follows:The first section is a brief on the emerging field of computer forensics, what it takes to become a forensic analyst, and the basics for what s needed in a corporate forensics setting. The Windows operating system family is comprised of several complex pieces of software. This section focuses specifically on the makeup of Windows from a forensic perspective, and details those components which will be analyzed in later chapters.Leveraging the contents of sections 1 and 2, this section brings together the investigative techniques from section 1 and the Windows specifics of section 2 and applies them to real analysis actions.
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- 2007-08-20
- 408 pages
- Paperback
- John Wiley & Sons