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Windows Forensic Analysis Toolkit, 4th Edition
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Windows Forensic Analysis Toolkit, 4th Edition

by Harlan Carvey
March 2014
Intermediate to advanced
350 pages
11h 43m
English
Syngress
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Chapter 7

Timeline Analysis

The amount of time-stamped data available on Windows systems makes timeline analysis a powerful, viable technique for analysts to incorporate into their tool kit. Many times, the cases that we work end up involving some action(s) or events(s) that occurred at a specific time, and understanding timeline creation and analysis can provide valuable insight into system activity that simply cannot be obtained in any other manner. However, as powerful as this technique is, it can still be a very labor-intensive process to collect all of the data that you need, as this technique is based largely on open-source and freeware tools. In this chapter, we will discuss the concepts behind timelines and walk through the process ...

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