Forensic Computing: Automation of Incident Response - Softcover

Hasan, Raza

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3848489376 ISBN 13: 9783848489374

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

A computer crime is defined as a criminal act in which people commit the offence using the digital knowledge stored in the computer system. To investigate the computer based crime a new field of specialization - forensic computing has been developed, which is the process of computer investigation and analysis technique to gather evidence in a manner that is legally acceptable. Computers and internet continue to spread and occupy our lives increasing the potential for the harm caused by it through increased number of computer crimes. To deal with this rise new and advance methods of investigations are required. An important tool used by investigators to safeguard evidence for accounting who has touched a given piece of evidence, when they touched it and what they did to the evidence. The book identifies the problems faced by investigators, to provide solutions to problem faced by the investigators and further a full working application utilizing the framework with Wireless Application Protocol enabled handheld devices specially mobile phones specially PDA’s and to ease the tasks.

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About the Author

He earned his B.S. degree in Computer Science from K.A.S.B.I.T., khi, Pakistan, in 2004. M.Sc. degree in Forensic Computing from Staffordshire University, U.K., 2007. He is presently serving as Lecturer at S.S.U.E.T., Khi, Pakistan. His research areas includes A.I. and Incident Response. He has 4 research publications including Best Paper Award.

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3848489376
• ISBN 13: 9783848489374
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 152