Digital Triage Forensics

Chapter 5 Using the DTF model to collect and process cell phones and SIM cards

The cell phone is quickly becoming one of the most important pieces of evidence found at the battlefield objective. The terrorist or insurgent has found that the flexibility in using the cell phone makes it an invaluable tactical tool. Therefore, it is important to be able to exploit the cell phone quickly and efficiently. With the concept of digital triage forensics (DTF), you will also want to be able to get to the actionable intelligence that resides on the body of the cell phone or the SIM card. This chapter will discuss methods and procedures that will allow you to gather data from a cell phone or SIM card and then apply the DTF processing methods to gather ...