Incident Response & Computer Forensics, Third Edition, 3rd Edition

CHAPTER  11

Analysis Methodology

Science literacy advocate Neil deGrasse Tyson once said, “Science is a way of equipping yourself with the tools to interpret what happens in front of you.” As a practitioner in the field of incident response, computer forensics, or computer security, it’s hard to deny the importance of science. Our fields exist because of science. So we must also understand, accept, and use science and its tools as we perform our duties.

When we consider performing analysis on new data, we follow a general process that is similar ...