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Cyber Crime Investigations: Bridging the Gaps Between Security Professionals, Law Enforcement & Prosecutors
As a cyber crime investigator you've undoubtedly encountered
situations where there's little or no guidance to aid you in
your decision making process. Often, you find yourself
posting 'hypothetical' questions to an anonymous list
server, in the hope that some stranger's answer would ring
true. Although you've done your due
diligence, sleepless
nights accompany you as you contemplate how your decision
will come back to haunt you. Cyber Crime Investigations:
Bridging the Gaps Between Security Professionals, Law
Enforcement, and Prosecutors and companion web site provide
you with all the information necessary to make educated and
authoritative decisions when is comes to cyber crime
investigative issues. The book begins with a chapter
describing the most common challenges faced by person's
investigating cyber related incidents. The next chapters
introduce the readers to the problems they will encounter at
each step of the investigative process. Issues dealing with
response, collection, documentation and prosecution of cyber
related crimes are addressed and laid out for the reader to
make educated decisions. Each step of the cyber investigate
methodology is covered and both sides of the issue are
addressed equally. Even though the authors present both
sides of the issue evenly, ultimately they will choose what
course of action they would take and explain why. Where
investigative tools are discussed, the author will detail
the functionality of the tool, and provide examples of how
the tool is use in the illustrated scenario.
* This book has been written by a retired NYPD cyber cop, who has worked many high-profile computer crime cases
* Discusses the complex relationship between the public and private sector with regards to cyber crime
* Provides essential information for IT security professionals and first responders on maintaining chain of evidence
Chapter 1: Introduction: The Problem at Hand
Chapter 2: Cyber Crime Vs. Traditional Crime
Chapter 3: Criminal Vs. Civil
Chapter 4: Cyber Investigative Roles
Chapter 5: Incident Response
Chapter 6: Crime Scene Documentation
Chapter 7: Evidence Collection
Chapter 8: Conducting Cyber Investigations
Chapter 9: Computer Forensics
Chapter 10: Analyzing Data
Chapter 11: Preparing for Prosecution and Testifying in Court
Chapter 12: Summary
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