Acknowledgments

First I would like to thank my two contributors, Chris Cook for his legal analysis and Alex Levinson for his expertise in network forensics.

Chris Cook is both an attorney and computer forensic analyst. He has extensive education and experience in the areas of computer forensics, cyber crime, and e-discovery. Chris is an active member of the bar in Texas and the District of Columbia. He holds a juris doctorate degree from the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law; a master's of forensic science in computer forensics from George Washington University; and a bachelor's degree with special honors in government from the University of Texas at Austin. Chris currently provides direct legal and computer forensics support to a federal government agency. Chris recently worked as a discovery manager for an international computer forensics and e-discovery consulting firm. Chris has also worked as a staff attorney for a global securities practice law firm in the Washington, DC, area where he assisted with the representation of corporate clients involving sensitive enforcement matters brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other federal regulators.

Alex Levinson is an undergraduate student at the Rochester Institute of Technology, with a major in information security and forensics. Following high school in Indiana, Alex moved to San Francisco and attended Heald College of San Francisco for Information Technology with an emphasis in network security. He transferred to Rochester Institute of Technology in the spring of 2009. Alex has a diverse background spanning offensive and defensive cyber security, forensics, and software development. Alex was a top placing competitor in the 2010 US Cyber Challenge and has been published in IEEE for his work in mobile forensics. Alex joined Sean as the senior engineer of Katana Forensics in the spring of 2010.

Second, I would like to thank the following companies that donated demonstration software: Access Data, Guidance Software, Paraben, Oxygen, Susteen, and Alwin Troost. Without them this book would not have been possible. Thank you also goes to TechInsights and Semiconductor Insights for providing iDevice hardware images.

I would like to also thank Apress and Tony Campbell, who were instrumental in this book getting published.

Lastly, I would like to thank my wife, Dawn, who put up with me during the past year while I wrote this book.