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Digital Forensics with Kali Linux

You're reading from   Digital Forensics with Kali Linux Perform data acquisition, digital investigation, and threat analysis using Kali Linux tools

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788625005
Length 274 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Shiva V. N. Parasram Shiva V. N. Parasram
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to Digital Forensics FREE CHAPTER 2. Installing Kali Linux 3. Understanding Filesystems and Storage Media 4. Incident Response and Data Acquisition 5. Evidence Acquisition and Preservation with DC3DD and Guymager 6. File Recovery and Data Carving with Foremost, Scalpel, and Bulk Extractor 7. Memory Forensics with Volatility 8. Autopsy – The Sleuth Kit 9. Network and Internet Capture Analysis with Xplico 10. Revealing Evidence Using DFF

Chain of Custody


The Chain of Custody is a form that legally ensures the integrity of evidence as it is exchanged between individuals, and so it also provides a level of accountability as personal identification is required when completing the forms. This form gives an exact log and account of the transportation and the exchange between parties, from a collection at the scene to a presentation in a court.

Some of the typical fields on the Chain of Custody form are:

  • Case number
  • Offence
  • Victim and suspect names
  • Date and time seized:
    • Location when seized
    • Item number
    • Description of item
    • Signatures and IDs of individuals releasing and receiving the items
  • Authorization for disposal
  • Witness to destruction of evidence
  • Release to lawful owner

The sample Chain of Custody form can be downloaded directly from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST):

https://www.nist.gov/document/sample-chain-custody-formdocx

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