Guide to Computer Forensics and Investigations, Second Edition [Paperback]

Amelia Phillips (Author), Bill Nelson (Author), Frank Enfinger (Author), Christopher Steuart (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0619217065 | ISBN-13: 978-0619217068 | Publication Date: March 3, 2005 | Edition: 2

This second edition has been revised to include two new running cases and updated technology coverage. Authors Phillips and Enfinger have taught computer forensics for a number of years and bring a proven, classroom approach to teaching the topics in this text, while authors Nelson and Steuart are both investigators and bring a real-world perspective to the text. Guide to Computer Forensics and Investigation presents methods to properly conduct a computer forensics investigation beginning with a discussion of ethics, while mapping to the objectives of the International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists (IACIS) certification. Students should have a working knowledge of hardware and operating systems to maximize their success on projects and exercises throughout the text.

Product Details

• Paperback: 643 pages
• Publisher: Course Technology; 2 edition (March 3, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0619217065
• ISBN-13: 978-0619217068
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #915,355 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Wrong Book to use for College Course!, April 2, 2006

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Roger L. Crane "hackatom" (Silver CIty, NM) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guide to Computer Forensics and Investigations, Second Edition (Paperback)

College Professors Listen Up! This is not the book to use for teaching Computer Forensics and Investigation. I am a student in a graduate course for Computer Forensics. The fact that this book uses strictly commercial software for all the exercises is sad. Especially since there are many Open Source tools available that can be used to conduct Computer Forensics. The software included with this book requires that the buyer obtain a license from the vendor, before the software can be used. Then the license is only good for 120 days. This is not fair to the buyer especially for students, who usually have no intent of keeping the book past the end of the semester. It would be better to use a book for the class that the students would find worth keeping for the long term. Also, a book that uses Open Source tools for the examples/exercises, would provide much more value to the students. A much better book to use would be 'Incident Response and Computer Forensics, 2nd Ed' by Chri Prosise, Kevin Mandia and Matt Pepe. If this book does not suite you, then I am sure that you can find another book to use.

This book is better than the previous edition, but there are still problems with the information. As another student posted about a case project. The evidence proved the employee innocent. This is just the beginning of other problems that you will find with the book.

Buy at your own risk!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It is introduction to Computer Forensics, August 27, 2006

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fatcat (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Guide to Computer Forensics and Investigations, Second Edition (Paperback)

This is a textbook for computer forensics. It should be introduction to computer forensics. The book discuss overview of procedures and expectations of a computer forensic investigator. The technical sections in the book uses software to find information. Unfortunately, this information is basic and review for computer nerds.

THIS IS AN UPDATE. I just finished using this book for my class. We went through all 14 chapters: the CD is missing files, and the documentation is not in-sync with the demo software. The school contacted Course and Course is still trying to figure it out (maybe version 3). I am not a legal expert so I don't know if the procedures are right, but they made sense. The book focus is the process of making the extracted information legal. All the software is either demo or limited version. Majority of the projects uses Drivespy which function uses DOS (Win 9x). Sorry, you are out-of-luck if you don't have Win 9x computer. They have limited version of Forsenics Toolkit that works on XP, but the book only uses on a few projects.

11 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the price, September 5, 2005

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Dimitri Andreev - See all my reviews

This review is from: Guide to Computer Forensics and Investigations, Second Edition (Paperback)

This book does not cover any topic well and gives incorrect advice. I wish I read the comments on earlier edition before purchase:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0619131209/
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1592003826/

I had my money refunded. A good book on Amazon for forensics is Harlan Carvey book.