Chapter 1. Introduction
Solutions in this chapter:
- History
- Target Audience
- What is Covered
- What is Not Covered
History
In 2007, I completed my Master's Degree in Information Security from Capella University. As an Incident Response Analyst by trade, I figured that writing my thesis on UNIX forensic analysis would be a good topic, relevant both to my job duties and my course work. With Harlan Carvey being a colleague of mine, you would think I would just write something on Windows forensics and ask him for help. However, this was my thesis, and I wanted to do something that would challenge me, so I chose to write my paper on UNIX forensic analysis.
After about a day of research, I found that my original scope would have to be narrowed drastically. ...
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