Digital Forensics: Threatscape and Best Practices - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0128045264 ISBN 13: 9780128045268

Publisher: Syngress, 2015

Synopsis

Information security practitioners are faced with a never-ending stream of threats and attacks, and need to be aware of how these threats and attacks are continually evolving. One of the primary challenges is keeping up with the sheer volume of information around these threats and making sense of the patterns as they evolve. Information Security and Digital Forensics: Threatscape and Best Practices provides you with incisive analysis from a panel of expert authors, led by John Sammons, bestselling author of The Basics of Digital Forensics. This complete reference surveys the landscape of information security threats and provides a coherent overview of the threatscape in a broad range of topics, providing practitioners and researchers alike with a comprehensive and coherent overview of the threat landscape and what can be done to manage and prepare for it, including insights in each of five core topics: Digital Forensics, Information Assurance/Security, CyberCrime, Open Source Intelligence, and Electronic Discovery.

About this title

About the Author

John Sammons is a distinguished scholar and educator in digital forensics, currently serving as a Professor at Marshall University and Associate Director of the Institute for Cyber Security. With a background as a Huntington Police officer, he has been recognized for his investigative work by the U.S. Department of Justice.

He is the author and co-author of several notable books, including the acclaimed "The Basics of Digital Forensics," which was nominated for Digital Forensics Book of the Year in 2013. John also contributed to the digital forensics chapter of Douglas Ubelaker’s "Forensic Science: Current Issues, Future Directions."

In addition to his academic roles, he is the Fusion Center Liaison Officer for the West Virginia Intelligence Fusion Center and founded the Appalachian Institute of Digital Evidence, a non-profit focused on research and training in digital evidence. John holds multiple certifications and is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and the FBI Infragard. Before joining Marshall, he co-founded Second Creek Technologies, a digital forensics firm. He also teaches advanced digital forensics and firearms to graduate students and provides training for legal and law enforcement professionals.

From the Back Cover

Digital Forensics: Threatscape and Best Practices surveys the problems and challenges confronting digital forensic professionals today, including massive data sets and everchanging technology. This book provides a coherent overview of the threatscape in a broad range of topics, providing practitioners and students alike with a comprehensive, coherent overview of the threat landscape and what can be done to manage and prepare for it. Digital Forensics: Threatscape and Best Practices delivers you with incisive analysis and best practices from a panel of expert authors, led by John Sammons, bestselling author of The Basics of Digital Forensics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Syngress
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0128045264
• ISBN 13: 9780128045268
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 182
• Editor: Sammons John