Building a Digital Forensic Laboratory: Establishing and Managing a Successful Facility
- 5h 39m
- Andy Jones, Craig Valli
- Elsevier Science and Technology Books, Inc.
- 2009
The need to professionally and successfully conduct computer forensic investigations of incidents and crimes has never been greater. This has caused an increased requirement for information about the creation and management of computer forensic laboratories and the investigations themselves. This includes a great need for information on how to cost-effectively establish and manage a computer forensics laboratory. This book meets that need: a clearly written, non-technical book on the topic of computer forensics with emphasis on the establishment and management of a computer forensics laboratory and its subsequent support to successfully conducting computer-related crime investigations.
- Provides guidance on creating and managing a computer forensics lab
- Covers the regulatory and legislative environment in the US and Europe
- Meets the needs of IT professionals and law enforcement as well as consultants
About the Authors
After 25 years service with the British Army's Intelligence Corps, Andy Jones became a business manager and a researcher and analyst in the area of Information Warfare and computer crime at a defence research establishment. In Sept 2002, on completion of a paper on a method for the metrication of the threats to information systems, he left the defence environment to take up a post as a principal lecturer at the University of Glamorgan in the subjects of Network Security and Computer Crime and as a researcher on the Threats to Information Systems and Computer Forensics. At the university he developed and managed a well equipped Computer Forensics Laboratory and took the lead on a large number of computer investigations and data recovery tasks. He holds a Ph.D. in the area of threats to information systems. In January 2005 he joined the Security Research Centre at BT where he became a Chief Researcher and the head of information. Andy now holds a post as a visiting Professor at Edith Cowan University in Perth, Australia and he is currently the Programme Chair for the M.Sc. in Information Security at Khalifa University in Sharjah, UAE.
Dr. Craig Valli is currently the Head of School and an Associate Professor (Network and Computer Security) within the School of Computer and Information Science at Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Perth, Western Australia. He has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry. In addition to his teaching and research at ECU, Craig regularly serves as a consultant to industry and law enforcement on digital forensics, and computer and network security issues. He has been the architect of successful postgraduate and undergraduate courses in computer and network security and digital forensics at ECU. He is the Chair and Founder of the Australian Digital Forensics Conference and Co-Chair of the Australian Information Security Management Conference. Craig is also the Editor of the Journal of Network Forensics and Co-Editor of the Journal of Information Warfare. Craig also serves on numerous security-related conference committees.
In this Book
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Building a Digital Forensic Laboratory—Establishing and Managing a Successful Facility
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Foreword
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Preface
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An Introduction to Digital Forensics
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Types of Digital Forensic Investigation
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Establishing and Managing a Digital Forensics Laboratory
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Scoping the Requirement for the Laboratory
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Developing the Business Plan
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Laboratory Location
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Selecting the Staff
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Education and Training
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Legislation, Regulation, and Standards
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Responding to Crimes Requiring Digital Forensic Investigation
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Management of the Collection of Evidence
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Management of Evidence Storage
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Quality Assurance
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High Technology Crimes—Case Summaries
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Understanding the Role of the Digital Forensic Laboratory Manager
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The Digital Forensics Laboratory - Strategic, Tactical, and Annual Plans
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Networking, Liaison, and Sources of Information
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Computer Forensics Investigation Unit Metrics Management System
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Workload Management and the Outsourcing Option
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Developing a Career in Digital Forensic Management
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A Summary of Thoughts, Issues, and Problems
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The Future of Digital Forensics and Its Role in Criminal Investigations
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The Future of Digital Forensics in the Criminal Justice System
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Conclusions and Final Thoughts
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Digital Forensic Resources
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Risk Assessment Template
