Cyber Forensics: A Field Manual for Collecting, Examining, and Preserving Evidence of Computer Crimes, Second Edition

Updating and expanding information on concealment techniques, new technologies, hardware, software, and relevant new legislation, this second edition details scope of cyber forensics to reveal and track legal and illegal activity. Designed as an introduction and overview to the field, the authors guide you step-by-step through the basics of investigation and introduce the tools and procedures required to legally seize and forensically evaluate a suspect machine. The book covers rules of evidence, chain of custody, standard operating procedures, and the manipulation of technology to conceal illegal activities and how cyber forensics can uncover them. Extensive appendices include websites, organizations, pertinent legislation, best practice, hardware and software, and a recap of the federal rules of civil procedure.

About the Authors

Albert J. Marcella Jr, PhD, CISA is president of Business Automation Consultants, LLC a global information technology and management consulting firm providing IT management consulting and IT audit and security reviews and training for an international clientele. Dr. Marcella is an internationally recognized public speaker, researcher, and seminar leader with 30 years of experience in IT audit, security and assessing internal controls, and an author of numerous articles and 28 books on various audit- and security-related subjects. Prior to the formation of his own firm in 1984, Dr. Marcella was employed by Dun & Bradstreet Corporation where he established and formalized that organization's IT audit function.

Dr. Marcella's additional professional experiences include providing internal systems consulting services to the Hartford Insurance Group, and the design and execution of operational, financial, and information technology audits for the Uniroyal Corporation, both in the United States and abroad.

Dr. Marcella is the Institute of Internal Auditors' Leon R. Radde Educator of the Year, 2000, Award recipient. Dr. Marcella has taught IT audit seminar courses for the Institute of Internal Auditors, and has been recognized by the IIA as a Distinguished Adjunct Faculty Member. Dr. Marcella also leads IT audit seminars for the Information Systems Audit and Control Association.

Douglas A. Menendez, CIA, CISA, MBA has over 26 years of financial, operational and information technology auditing experience in a variety of industries, including the Federal Reserve Bank, Citicorp Mortgage, Ralston Purina, Venture Stores, Express Scripts, and Enterprise Rent-A-Car.

Doug has presented seminars at local, national and international conferences. Previous presentations include the ISACA CACS Conference, the ISSA International Conference, and the CA World Conference.

He has written several articles for audit and security publications, including the IIA's Internal Auditor and Auerbach's EDPACS. He was also a module reviewer for the IIA's Systems Auditability and Control (SAC) project.

Doug is a CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor), a CIA (Certified Internal Auditor), and earned an MBA from Saint Louis University. He is also a past president of the St. Louis chapter of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) and the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA).