Digital Forensics Fundamentals

Summary

The practice of collecting, preserving, and analyzing digital evidence in a way that maintains its integrity — essential both for incident investigation and, in some cases, for legal proceedings.

• 1Read a conceptual overview of the digital forensics process: identify, preserve, analyze, report.
• 2Learn why forensic soundness (not altering evidence) is critical even in a purely internal investigation.
• 3Understand the difference between live forensics (on a running system) and dead-box forensics (offline).