CHAPTER 2: DEEP WEB

Compared to the Surface Web and the Dark Web, the Deep Web is the most topographically complex of the three cyber domains, both in terms of the technology used to create the Deep Web and the way people use it. Although easily accessible with the web browsing software that is used to access the Surface Web, finding the valuable information that is locked within the Deep Web is more of an art than the science of Surface Web mining. A good way to conceptualise the investigative approach to the Deep Web is that information within this layer of cyberspace that is relevant to an investigation is not hidden; it’s just slightly out of sight.

Successfully mining the Deep Web can provide the most immediate gains in terms of an increased ...

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