Digital Forensics Analysis

In a Word document, share your lab experience and provide screenshots to demonstrate that you completed the lab.

1. INTRODUCTION

2. FORENSICS INVESTIGATIONS
2.1 Purpose and Objectives (Provide a brief overview of Digital Forensics)
2.2 Requirements (For example, to ensure that the evidence collected has not been tampered.)

3. DIGITAL FORENSICS
3.1 Forensics Analysis Methodology (Step 1) (List and describe the digital forensics analysis methodology and the phases of the digital forensics fundamentals and methodology.)
1. Preparation
2. Extraction
3. Identification
4. Analysis

3.2 Forensics Analysis Tools and Techniques (Step 2) (List and describe digital forensics analysis tools and techniques.)
1. Discuss the importance of using forensic tools to collect and analyze evidence.
2. Forensic Analysis Tools
3. Hash Analysis in Digital Forensics

3.3 Device Imaging Procedures (Step 3 and Lab Part2 Tasks 2 and 3) [insert and explain the key results of your workspace exercises]
1. The importance of Write Blocker
2. Describe the relevance to investigations of different devices which may be imaged such as, Disks, Files, Networks, Drives, and Mobile Phones
3. Discussion of creating a physical disk image, image loading and verification. (Answer here the disk imaging lab Task 2 and Task 3 questions from your lab to explain the aspects of disk imaging and analysis.)

3.4 Network Evidence Collection and Forensics Analysis (Step 3 and Lab Part 3)
1. Describe how Wireshark can be used to forensically identify potential suspicious network packets or indicators of compromise (IOC).
2. How would Wireshark be used to determine issues with email?
3. Answer here the Wireshark Part 3 questions from your lab to explain the aspects of analyzing traffic data.

3.5 Chain of Custody
1. What is the Chain of Custody and what steps does it include?
2. How do you ensure that the evidence you collected has not been tampered with (i.e., after collection)?
3. Why and how is this important to prove in court?

4. SUMMARY OF REFERENCES
[Provide your summary list of references using proper APA format. (Remember: You must also use in-line citations with proper APA format throughout the report.]

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