Guide to Digital Forensic and File Analysis

Digital forensic (DF) investigation involves a chain of procedures on digital evidence such as recognition, conservation, investigation and presentation based on the digital traces that has a discrete nature. The economics of digital forensics and penetration testing can be considered as important issues that concentrate on digital traces in a cost-effective manner. Digital forensics is an essential tool for finding solutions surrounding cybercrimes (e.g. phishing and bank fraud), and likewise leads to find a solution for corruptions against individuals where evidence may exist on the computer. In addition, forensic tools have emerged as a critical tool for data assurance due to the capability of recovering the evidence left by data breaching and attacks. The research based on digital forensic can concurrently make lower implementation costs and enhance the obtained results and accuracy of research. This can be done with a meticulous planning and attention to cooperation, standardization, and shared implementation.

Asou Aminnezhad is an Information Security Officer in Pacific Frase Sdn Bhd, licensed Certified Ethical Hacker, Certified Hacking Forensics Investigator, EC–Council Certified Security Analyst with an extensive experience in Information Security, Digital Forensic, Vulnerability Assessment, and Network. She has awarded her Master from UPM University.