Computer Forensics: Evidence Collection and Management [Hardcover]

Robert C. Newman (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0849305616 | ISBN-13: 978-0849305610 | Publication Date: March 9, 2007

Computer Forensics: Evidence Collection and Management examines cyber-crime, E-commerce, and Internet activities that could be used to exploit the Internet, computers, and electronic devices. The book focuses on the numerous vulnerabilities and threats that are inherent on the Internet and networking environments and presents techniques and suggestions for corporate security personnel, investigators, and forensic examiners to successfully identify, retrieve, and protect valuable forensic evidence for litigation and prosecution.

The book is divided into two major parts for easy reference. The first part explores various crimes, laws, policies, forensic tools, and the information needed to understand the underlying concepts of computer forensic investigations. The second part presents information relating to crime scene investigations and management, disk and file structure, laboratory construction and functions, and legal testimony. Separate chapters focus on  investigations involving computer systems, e-mail, and wireless devices.

Presenting information patterned after technical, legal, and managerial classes held by computer forensic professionals from Cyber Crime Summits held at Kennesaw State University in 2005 and 2006, this book is an invaluable resource for those who want to be both efficient and effective when conducting an investigation.

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About the Author

Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, USA

Product Details

• Hardcover: 432 pages
• Publisher: Auerbach Publications (March 9, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0849305616
• ISBN-13: 978-0849305610
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #764,145 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good text book -- research device, not an introduction, June 1, 2007

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Gaffer "Gaffer" (Boise, ID United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Computer Forensics: Evidence Collection and Management (Hardcover)

This book is a great survey of the field of computer forensics.
There are notable gaps in actual technical detail, and more information than I was ready to digest on the handling of the data once acquired -- mostly the legal hoop-jumping required to maintain chain-of-custody.
If you're a techie looking for a HowTo, keep looking. If you've already got a grasp of the how, but need the fine details of handling, this book is a good reference tome.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars very poor, March 22, 2007

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J. Winters "jwinters" (spokane, wa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Computer Forensics: Evidence Collection and Management (Hardcover)

This is the worst computer book I have read in a long time. If you already know about what data is, for names of different operating system keep looking. The only part of the this book that is about computer forensics is the part it says go to Devery University to learn the subject. Guess where the author teaches at?

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A coherent, systematic, and comprehensive analytical study, August 6, 2007

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Computer Forensics: Evidence Collection and Management (Hardcover)

"Computer Forensics: Evidence Collection And Management" by Robert C. Newman (Instructor of Information Systems in the College of Information Technology at Georgia Southern University) provides a coherent, systematic, and comprehensive analytical study of cybercrime, E-commerce, and Internet activities that could be used to exploit the Internet, the computers, and the various electronic devices employed by individuals, by government agencies, and by corporations. "Computer Forensics" addresses the many vulnerabilities and threats that are inherent to our computer age and presents the techniques and processes utilized by security personnel, investigators and forensic examiners to successfully identify, retrieve, and protect computer data as forensic evidence for litigation and prosecution. the first part of "Computer Forensics" is dedicated to exploring various crimes, laws, policies, forensic tools, and the information required to understand the underlying concepts of computer forensic investigation. The second part of "Computer Forensics" presents basic information relating to crime scene investigations and management, disk and file structure, laboratory construction and functions, and legal testimony. Of special note are the specific chapters concerning investigations involving computer systems, e-mail, and wireless devices. Presenting more than 200 key terms (with definitions supplied in the Glossary), more than 100 review questions and answers to solidify comprehension, offering optional exercises and cases emphasizing the book's content, two sets of forms with respect to forensic investigation and the procedures used in computer forensic laboratories, and a selected bibliography of special relevance for forensic professionals, "Computer Forensics" is the ideal textbook for college level computer science and information technology courses, as well as non-special general readers with an interest in the subject.