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Digital Forensics and Incident Response
Digital Forensics and Incident Response

Digital Forensics and Incident Response: A practical guide to deploying digital forensic techniques in response to cyber security incidents

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Digital Forensics and Incident Response

Forensic Fundamentals

Forensic science can be defined as the application of scientific principles to legal matters. In an incident, CSIRT members may be called upon to perform analysis on digital evidence acquired during the incident, utilizing digital forensics tools, techniques, and knowledge. To make certain that the evidence is processed correctly and can subsequently be admitted into a courtroom, digital forensic examiners need to understand the legal issues along with the fine points of the digital forensic process.

In this chapter, we will examine the legal statutes that impact the CSIRT and digital forensics examiners as well as the rules that govern how evidence is admitted into court. To give context to actions taken, we will also explore the digital forensic process and finally address the infrastructure necessary to incorporate a digital forensics capability within...

Legal aspects

As we saw in the first chapter, a proper incident response involves a number of individuals from a variety of disciplines. This highlights one of the key misconceptions often held, that incident response is strictly a technology matter. One realm that incident response falls heavily into is the legal arena. There are a number of laws and regulations that directly impact an organization's incident response capability ranging from breach notification to privacy. These laws both provide a framework for governments to prosecute offenders as well as providing strict rules concerning such topics as how evidence is handled and presented in court.

Laws and regulations

In the middle of the 1980s, as computer crime...

Digital forensic fundamentals

As it was stated in the previous chapter, digital forensics is an important component of incident response. It is often the application of digital forensic methods that allows incident responders to gain a clear understanding of the chain of events that led to a malicious action, such as a server compromise or other data breach. For other incidents such as internal fraud or malicious insider activity, digital forensics may provide the proverbial smoking gun that points to the guilty party. Before a detailed examination of the tools and techniques available to incident responders, it is critical to address the foundational elements of digital forensics. These elements provide not only context to specific actions, but also a method to ensure that the evidence made part of an incident investigation has utility.

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Summary

Incident response spans a number of disciplines from legal to scientific. Those CSIRT members that have the responsibility for conducting digital forensic examinations should be very familiar with the legal and technical aspects of digital forensics. In addition, they should be familiar with the wide variety of tools and equipment necessary to acquire, examine, and present data discovered during an examination. The proper application of forensic techniques is critical to gain insight into the chain of events that led to the deployment of the CSIRT to investigate an incident. This chapter has delved into the various legal aspects of digital forensics such as the rules of evidence and laws pertaining to cyber crime. Next, the science of digital forensics was discussed, providing an understanding of how the techniques to be discuss have developed. To enhance this knowledge...

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Digital Forensics and Incident Response will guide you through the entire spectrum of tasks associated with incident response, starting with preparatory activities associated with creating an incident response plan and creating a digital forensics capability within your own organization. You will then begin a detailed examination of digital forensic techniques including acquiring evidence, examining volatile memory, hard drive assessment, and network-based evidence. You will also explore the role that threat intelligence plays in the incident response process. Finally, a detailed section on preparing reports will help you prepare a written report for use either internally or in a courtroom. By the end of the book, you will have mastered forensic techniques and incident response and you will have a solid foundation on which to increase your ability to investigate such incidents in your organization.

What you will learn

  • • Create and deploy incident response capabilities within your organization
  • • Build a solid foundation for acquiring and handling suitable evidence for later analysis
  • • Analyze collected evidence and determine the root cause of a security incident
  • • Learn to integrate digital forensic techniques and procedures into the overall incident response process
  • • Integrate threat intelligence in digital evidence analysis
  • • Prepare written documentation for use internally or with external parties such as regulators or law enforcement agencies

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Table of Contents

11 Chapters
Incident Response Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Forensic Fundamentals Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Network Evidence Collection Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Acquiring Host-Based Evidence Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Understanding Forensic Imaging Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Network Evidence Analysis Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Analyzing System Memory Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Analyzing System Storage Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Forensic Reporting Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Malware Analysis Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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Nikki Jul 28, 2017
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Digital Forensics and Incident Response by Gerard Johansen is a great introduction and overview if you are looking to get into the world of incident response. Digital forensics and incident response go hand in hand and this book illustrates that very clearly. The author does a great job at introducing you to programs and techniques that can assist you during your investigations. The author gives real life scenarios to help you understand the process. I was the technical reviewer on this book and was very impressed with the knowledge of the author and look forward to sharing this book with my colleagues.
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Not Happy Jul 27, 2019
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This is a great introduction to Digital Forensics and Incident Response.
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PePeLePuu Apr 24, 2018
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no comment
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Not too much on the Incident Response part, Excellent resource on the Digital Forensics part.
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Learn the basics with this book and then practice a lot.
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