Digital Forensics Basics: A Practical Guide Using Windows OS

Use this hands-on, introductory guide to understand and implement digital forensics to investigate computer crime using Windows, the most widely used operating system. This book provides you with the necessary skills to identify an intruder's footprints and to gather the necessary digital evidence in a forensically sound manner to prosecute in a court of law.

Directed toward users with no experience in the digital forensics field, this book provides guidelines and best practices when conducting investigations as well as teaching you how to use a variety of tools to investigate computer crime. You will be prepared to handle problems such as law violations, industrial espionage, and use of company resources for private use.

Digital Forensics Basics is written as a series of tutorials with each task demonstrating how to use a specific computer forensics tool or technique. Practical information is provided and users can read a task and then implement it directly on their devices. Some theoretical information is presented to define terms used in each technique and for users with varying IT skills.

What You'll Learn

• Assemble computer forensics lab requirements, including workstations, tools, and more
• Document the digital crime scene, including preparing a sample chain of custody form
• Differentiate between law enforcement agency and corporate investigations
• Gather intelligence using OSINT sources
• Acquire and analyze digital evidence
• Conduct in-depth forensic analysis of Windows operating systems covering Windows 10-specific feature forensics
• Utilize anti-forensic techniques, including steganography, data destruction techniques, encryption, and anonymity techniques

Who This Book Is For

Police and other law enforcement personnel, judges (with no technical background), corporate and nonprofit management, IT specialists and computer security professionals, incident response team members, IT military and intelligence services officers, system administrators, e-business security professionals, and banking and insurance professionals

使用這本實用的入門指南，了解並實施數位取證，以調查使用最廣泛的作業系統Windows的電腦犯罪。本書將提供您必要的技能，以鑑定入侵者的蹤跡，並以符合法庭要求的方式收集必要的數位證據，以進行法律起訴。

本書針對沒有數位取證領域經驗的使用者，提供在進行調查時的指導方針和最佳實踐，並教授使用各種工具來調查電腦犯罪。您將準備好處理違法行為、工業間諜活動以及公司資源被私人使用等問題。

《數位取證基礎》以一系列教程的形式撰寫，每個任務都展示了如何使用特定的電腦取證工具或技術。提供實用信息，使用者可以閱讀任務，然後直接在自己的設備上實施。一些理論信息被提供，以定義每個技術中使用的術語，以滿足不同IT技能水平的使用者。

《數位取證基礎》的內容包括：

- 組建數位取證實驗室的要求，包括工作站、工具等。
- 記錄數位犯罪現場，包括準備樣本證據鏈的表格。
- 區分執法機構和企業調查。
- 使用開放源情報(OSINT)來收集情報。
- 獲取和分析數位證據。
- 對Windows作業系統進行深入的取證分析，包括Windows 10特定功能的取證。
- 使用反取證技術，包括隱寫術、數據銷毀技術、加密和匿名技術。

本書適合的讀者包括：警察和其他執法人員、法官（無技術背景）、企業和非營利組織管理人員、IT專家和電腦安全專業人員、事件應對團隊成員、IT軍事和情報服務官員、系統管理員、電子商務安全專業人員以及銀行和保險專業人員。

Nihad A. Hassan is an independent information security consultant, digital forensics and cybersecurity expert, online blogger, and book author. He has been actively conducting research on different areas of information security for more than a decade and has developed numerous cybersecurity education courses and technical guides. He has completed several technical security consulting engagements involving security architectures, penetration testing, computer crime investigation, and cyber open source intelligence (OSINT). Nihad has authored five books and scores of information security articles for various global publications. He also enjoys being involved in security training, education, and motivation. His current work focuses on digital forensics, anti-forensics techniques, digital privacy, and cyber OSINT. He covers different information security topics and related matters on his security blog (DarknessGate) and recently launched a dedicated site for open source intelligence resources at (OSINT.link). Nihad has a bachelor of science honors degree in computer science from the University of Greenwich in the United Kingdom. He can be followed on Twitter (@DarknessGate), and you can connect to him via LinkedIn (DarkenessGate).

Nihad A. Hassan 是一位獨立的資訊安全顧問、數位取證和網路安全專家、線上部落客和書籍作者。他在資訊安全的不同領域進行研究已超過十年，並開發了許多網路安全教育課程和技術指南。他完成了多個技術安全顧問專案，包括安全架構、滲透測試、電腦犯罪調查和網路開放源情報(OSINT)。Nihad已經撰寫了五本書和大量的資訊安全文章，發表在各種全球出版物上。他也喜歡參與安全培訓、教育和激勵工作。他目前的工作重點是數位取證、反取證技術、數位隱私和網路開放源情報。他在他的安全部落格(DarknessGate)上涵蓋了不同的資訊安全主題和相關事項，最近還推出了一個專門的開放源情報資源網站(OSINT.link)。Nihad擁有英國格林威治大學的計算機科學榮譽學士學位。您可以在Twitter上關注他(@DarknessGate)，也可以通過LinkedIn與他聯繫(DarkenessGate)。