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Computer Forensics: A Pocket Guide

Computer Forensics: A Pocket Guide

By: Dr. Nathan Clarke

Publisher: IT Governance Ltd

Publication Date: 06-APR-2010

Insert Date: 11-JUN-2013

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How would your organisation cope with a cyber attack? Pinpoint and close vulnerabilities using effective computer forensics! The primary purpose of computer forensics is to enable organisations to pinpoint where the malware has infected their computer systems and which files have been infected, so that they can close the vulnerability. More and more organisations have realised that they need to acquire a forensic capability to ensure they are ready to cope with an information security incident. This pocket guide illustrates the technical complexities involved in computer forensics,...

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E-Discovery and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedures

E-Discovery and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedures

By: Bradley Schaufenbuel

Publisher: IT Governance Ltd

Publication Date: 01-JUL-2007

Insert Date: 11-JUN-2013

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" The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) govern the activities of all US federal civil courts. They contain discovery requirements that any company must satisfy when it is the subject of a civil action, such as an employment discrimination lawsuit or an intellectual property dispute. FRCP Updated The FRCP have been amended and updated to take account of electronic information. Attorneys can no longer just throw individual E-Discovery requests 'over the wall' to the IT department. Indeed, the pitfalls associated with E-Discovery represent one of the greatest risks that...

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Rough Cuts
Digital Archaeology: The Art and Science of Digital Forensics

Digital Archaeology: The Art and Science of Digital Forensics

By: Michael W. Graves

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Publication Date: 16-AUG-2013

Insert Date: 26-MAY-2013

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This is the Rough Cut version of the printed book. The Definitive, Up-to-Date  Guide to Digital Forensics: Laws, Tools, Methods, Challenges, and Careers The rapid proliferation of cyber crime is increasing the demand for digital forensics experts in both law enforcement and in the private sector. In Digital Archaeology, expert practitioner Michael Graves has written the most thorough, realistic, and up-to-date guide to the principles and techniques of modern digital forensics. Graves begins by providing a solid understanding of the legal underpinnings of and critical laws affecting...

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An authoritative guide to investigating high-technology crimes Internet crime is seemingly ever on the rise, making the need for a comprehensive resource on how to investigate these crimes even more dire. This professional-level book--aimed at law enforcement personnel, prosecutors, and corporate investigators--provides you with the training you need in order to acquire the sophisticated skills and software solutions to stay one step ahead of computer criminals. Specifies the techniques needed to investigate, analyze, and document a criminal act on a Windows computer or...

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Computer Forensics InfoSec Pro Guide

Computer Forensics InfoSec Pro Guide

By: David Cowen

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Publication Date: 19-MAR-2013

Insert Date: 04-APR-2013

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Security Smarts for the Self-Guided IT Professional Find out how to excel in the field of computer forensics investigations. Learn what it takes to transition from an IT professional to a computer forensic examiner in the private sector. Written by a Certified Information Systems Security Professional,Computer Forensics: InfoSec Pro Guide is filled with real-world case studies that demonstrate the concepts covered in the book. ...

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Cyber Crime and Espionage

Cybercrime and Espionage

By: Will Gragido; John Pirc

Publisher: Syngress

Publication Date: 07-JAN-2011

Insert Date: 29-MAR-2013

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Cybercrime and Espionage provides a wealth of knowledge related to the realities seen in the execution of advanced attacks, their success from the perspective of exploitation and their presence within all industry. This book will educate you on realities of advanced, next generation threats, which take form in a variety ways. The authors, working in conjunction with strategic technology partners have key insights into the realm of what these new threats, dubbed Subversive Multi-Vector Threats. Whether the goal is to acquire and subsequently sell intellectual property from one...

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Placing the Suspect Behind the Keyboard

Placing the Suspect Behind the Keyboard

By: Brett Shavers

Publisher: Syngress

Publication Date: 01-FEB-2013

Insert Date: 06-MAR-2013

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Placing the Suspect Behind the Keyboard is the definitive book on conducting a complete investigation of a cybercrime using digital forensics techniques as well as physical investigative procedures. This book merges a digital analysis examiner's work with the work of a case investigator in order to build a solid case to identify and prosecute cybercriminals. Brett Shavers links traditional investigative techniques with high tech crime analysis in a manner that not only determines elements of crimes, but also places the suspect at the keyboard. This book is a first in combining...

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Cybercrime Investigative Case Management

Cybercrime Investigative Case Management

By: Brett Brett Shavers

Publisher: Syngress

Publication Date: 17-DEC-2012

Insert Date: 22-JAN-2013

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Investigative Case Management is a "first look" excerpted from Brett Shavers' new Syngress book, Placing the Suspect Behind the Keyboard. Investigative case management is more than just organizing your case files. It includes the analysis of all evidence collected through digital examinations, interviews, surveillance, and other data sources. In order to place a suspect behind any keyboard, supporting evidence needs to be collected and attributed to a person. This first look provides you with traditional and innovative methods of data analysis to identify and eliminate suspects...

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Cybercrime Investigation Case Studies

Cybercrime Investigation Case Studies

By: Brett Brett Shavers

Publisher: Syngress

Publication Date: 17-DEC-2012

Insert Date: 22-JAN-2013

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Cybercrime Investigation Case Studies is a "first look" excerpt from Brett Shavers' new Syngress book, Placing the Suspect Behind the Keyboard. Case studies are an effective method of learning the methods and processes that were both successful and unsuccessful in real cases. Using a variety of case types, including civil and criminal cases, with different cybercrimes, a broad base of knowledge can be gained by comparing the cases against each other. The primary goal of reviewing successful cases involving suspects using technology to facilitate crimes is to be able to find and use...

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Cybercrime Case Presentation

Cybercrime Case Presentation

By: Brett Brett Shavers

Publisher: Syngress

Publication Date: 17-DEC-2012

Insert Date: 22-JAN-2013

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Cybercrime Case Presentation is a "first look" excerpt from Brett Shavers' new Syngress book, Placing the Suspect Behind the Keyboard. Case presentation requires the skills of a good forensic examiner and great public speaker in order to convey enough information to an audience for the audience to place the suspect behind the keyboard. Using a variety of visual aids, demonstrative methods, and analogies, investigators can effectively create an environment where the audience fully understands complex technical information and activity in a chronological fashion, as if they observed...

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Hunting Security Bugs

Hunting Security Bugs

By: Tom Gallagher; Bryan Jeffries; Lawrence Landauer

Publisher: Microsoft Press

Publication Date: 09-JUN-2006

Insert Date: 19-JAN-2013

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Your in-depth, hands-on, technical security-testing reference. Written for testers by testers, this guide highlights up-to-date tools, technologies, and techniques for helping find and eliminate security vulnerabilities in software....

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Law, Policy, and Technology

Law, Policy, and Technology

By: Pauline C. Reich; Eduardo Gelbstein

Publisher: IGI Global

Publication Date: 30-JUN-2012

Insert Date: 23-OCT-2012

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In the information society, technology has become ubiquitous, but its intrinsic vulnerabilities and the complexity of managing mission-critical systems create an attractive target for potential attackers. Law, Policy, and Technology: Cyberterorrism, Information Warfare, and Internet Immobilization provides relevant frameworks and best practices as well as current empirical research findings in the area. It is aimed at professionals who want to improve their understanding of the impact of cyber-attacks on critical infrastructures and other information systems essential to the smooth running...

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Crime Prevention Technologies and Applications for Advancing Criminal Investigation

Crime Prevention Technologies and Applications for Advancing Criminal Investigation

By: Chang-Tsun Li; Anthony Ho

Publisher: IGI Global

Publication Date: 30-JUN-2012

Insert Date: 23-OCT-2012

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The tools of crime constantly evolve, and law enforcement and forensic investigators must understand advanced forensic techniques to ensure that the most complete evidence is brought to trial. Paramount also the need for investigators to ensure that evidence adheres to the boundaries of the legal system, a place where policy often lags behind new innovations. Crime Prevention Technologies and Applications for Advancing Criminal Investigation addresses the use of electronic devices and software for crime prevention, investigation, and the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to...

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Computer-Forensik, 5th Edition

Computer-Forensik, 5th Edition

By: Alexander Geschonneck

Publisher: dpunkt

Publication Date: 15-SEP-2011

Insert Date: 12-OCT-2012

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Immer noch das einzige deutsche Buch zum Thema+ Enthält ein Kapitel zur rechtlichen Situation in Deutschland ...

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Cyber Crime

Cyber Crime

By: Information Resources Management Association, USA

Publisher: IGI Global

Publication Date: 30-NOV-2011

Insert Date: 09-OCT-2012

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Threatening the safety of individuals, computers, and entire networks, cyber crime attacks vary in severity and type. Studying this continually evolving discipline involves not only understanding different types of attacks, which range from identity theft to cyberwarfare, but also identifying methods for their prevention.Cyber Crime: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications is a three-volume reference that explores all aspects of computer-based crime and threats, offering solutions and best practices from experts in software development, information security, and law. As cyber crime...

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Malware Forensics Field Guide for Windows Systems

Malware Forensics Field Guide for Windows Systems

By: Cameron H. Malin; Eoghan Casey; James M. Aquilina

Publisher: Syngress

Publication Date: 11-MAY-2012

Insert Date: 08-SEP-2012

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Dissecting the dark side of the Internet with its infectious worms, botnets, rootkits, and Trojan horse programs (known as malware) is a treaterous condition for any forensic investigator or analyst. Written by information security experts with real-world investigative experience, Malware Forensics Field Guide for Windows Systems is a "tool" with checklists for specific tasks, case studies of difficult situations, and expert analyst tips. *A condensed hand-held guide complete with on-the-job tasks and checklists *Specific for Windows-based systems, the largest running OS in the...

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Scene of the Cybercrime: Computer Forensics Handbook

Scene of the Cybercrime: Computer Forensics Handbook

By: Syngress

Publisher: Syngress

Publication Date: 11-SEP-2002

Insert Date: 17-AUG-2012

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"Cybercrime and cyber-terrorism represent a serious challenge to society as a whole." - Hans Christian Krüger, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe Crime has been with us as long as laws have existed, and modern technology has given us a new type of criminal activity: cybercrime. Computer and network related crime is a problem that spans the globe, and unites those in two disparate fields: law enforcement and information technology. This book will help both IT pros and law enforcement specialists understand both their own roles and those of the other, and show why that...

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High-Technology Crime Investigator's Handbook, 2nd Edition

High-Technology Crime Investigator's Handbook, 2nd Edition

By: Gerald L. Kovacich; Andy Jones

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Publication Date: 25-AUG-2006

Insert Date: 10-AUG-2012

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The high-technology crime investigator's profession is one of the fastest growing professions in the world today, as information security issues and crimes related to them are growing in number and magnitude at an ever-increasing pace. High-Technology Crime Investigator's Handbook, Second Edition , informs professionals of the potential risks of computer crimes, and serves as a guide to establishing and managing a high-technology crime investigative program. Each chapter is updated with the latest information and guidance, including added coverage of computer forensics and additional...

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TechnoSecurity's Guide to E-Discovery and Digital Forensics

TechnoSecurity's Guide to E-Discovery and Digital Forensics

By: Jack Wiles

Publisher: Syngress

Publication Date: 09-OCT-2007

Insert Date: 04-AUG-2012

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This book provides IT security professionals with the information (hardware, software, and procedural requirements) needed to create, manage and sustain a digital forensics lab and investigative team that can accurately and effectively analyze forensic data and recover digital evidence, while preserving the integrity of the electronic evidence for discovery and trial. IDC estimates that the U.S. market for computer forensics will be grow from $252 million in 2004 to $630 million by 2009. Business is strong outside the United States, as well. By 2011, the estimated international market...

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Handbook of Digital Forensics and Investigation

Handbook of Digital Forensics and Investigation

By: Eoghan Casey

Publisher: Academic Press

Publication Date: 02-NOV-2009

Insert Date: 01-AUG-2012

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This completely revised reference work will concentrate on providing specific practical information in a well organized format. Each chapter will have a consistent structure, covering similar aspects of different systems when appropriate. In order to provide readers with the knowledge they will need, and to create a thorough understanding of how to utilize the widest range of digital evidence in vastly varying situations, this work is divided into two parts: Investigative Methodology and Forensic Analysis. The Investigative Methodology section will provide guidance in how to conduct...