International MindTap Computing Instant Access for Nelson/Phillips/Steuart's Guide to Computer Forensics and Investigations, 6th Edition

Bill Nelson, Amelia Phillips, Christopher Steuart

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International MindTap Computing Instant Access for Nelson/Phillips/Steuart's Guide to Computer Forensics and Investigations 6th Edition by Bill Nelson/Amelia Phillips/Christopher Steuart

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Bill Nelson

Bill Nelson has worked for two global Fortune 100 companies in information technologies for over 32 years, including 18-plus years in corporate digital forensics and information security. In addition, he has taught digital forensics classes at the City University of Seattle and the University of Washington's Professional and Continuing Education Department for 10 years. He also has experience in Automated Fingerprint Identification System software engineering and reserve police work. A former president and vice president for Computer Technology Investigators Northwest, he routinely lectures at several colleges and universities in the Pacific Northwest.

Amelia Phillips

Amelia Phillips is a tenured faculty member at Highline College in Seattle, Washington. After serving as an engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, she worked with e-commerce websites and began training in computer forensics to prevent credit card numbers from being stolen from sensitive e-commerce databases. Dr. Phillips designed certificate and AAS programs for community colleges in e-commerce, network security, computer forensics and data recovery. She designed the Bachelor of Applied Science in Cybersecurity and Forensics, which was approved in 2014. A Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Phillips taught at Polytechnic of Namibia in 2005 and 2006 and continues her work with developing nations, traveling there frequently. She earned BS degrees in astronautical engineering and archaeology and an MBA in technology management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in computer security from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.

Christopher Steuart

Christopher K. Steuart is a practicing attorney maintaining a general litigation practice, with experience in information systems security for a Fortune 50 company and the U.S. Army. He is also an honorary life member and the former general counsel for Computer Technology Investigators Northwest. He has presented computer forensics seminars in regional and national forums, including the American Society for Industrial Security, Agora, Northwest Computer Technology Crime Analysis Seminar and CTIN.

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1. Understanding the Digital Forensics Profession and Investigations.
2. The Investigator's Office and Laboratory.
3. Data Acquisition.
4. Processing Crime and Incident Scenes.
5. Working with Windows and CLI Systems.
6. Current Computer Forensics Tools.
7. Linux Boot Processes and File Systems.
8. Recovering Graphics Files.
9. Digital Forensics Analysis and Validation.
10. Virtual Machine Forensics, Live Acquisitions and Cloud Forensics.
11. Email and Social Media.
12. Mobile Device Forensics and the Internet of Anything.
13. Cloud Forensics.
14. Report Writing for High-Tech Investigations.
15. Expert Testimony in Digital Forensic Investigations.
16. Ethics for the Digital Forensic Examiner and Expert Witness.
Appendix A: Digital Forensics Test References.
Appendix B: Digital Forensics References.
Appendix C: Digital Forensics Lab Considerations.
Appendix D: Digital Forensics Alternative Tools and Methods.

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