This textbook provides an introduction to digital forensics, a rapidly
evolving field for solving crimes. Beginning with the basic concepts of
computer forensics, each of the book's 21 chapters focuses on a
particular forensic topic composed of two parts: background knowledge
and hands-on experience through practice exercises. Each theoretical or
background section concludes with a series of review questions, which
are prepared to test students' understanding of the materials, while the
practice exercises are intended to afford students the opportunity to
apply the concepts introduced in the section on background knowledge.
This experience-oriented textbook is meant to assist students in gaining
a better understanding of digital forensics through hands-on practice in
collecting and preserving digital evidence by completing various
exercises. With 20 student-directed, inquiry-based practice exercises,
students will better understand digital forensic concepts and learn
digital forensic investigation techniques.
This textbook is intended for upper undergraduate and graduate-level
students who are taking digital-forensic related courses or working in
digital forensics research. It can also be used by digital forensics
practitioners, IT security analysts, and security engineers working in
the IT security industry, particular IT professionals responsible for
digital investigation and incident handling or researchers working in
these related fields as a reference book.
