Building a Digital Forensic Laboratory

Preface

Because of society's continuing reliance on digital technology, the use of high-tech devices and systems to conduct illegal activity in the worldwide information environment continues to grow at an ever-increasing rate. And because of the rapid integration and globally expanded use of these devices and systems in all aspects of our professional and personal lives, we are increasingly becoming the targets of high-tech, or cyber, criminals. These criminals are also, in some ways, becoming more likely to leave traces of their activity in the digital environment.

Toward that end, in the past five years or so we have seen a huge increase in the number of universities, colleges, and specialist companies offering courses in digital forensics, ...