Cyber Forensics is a textbook designed for the undergraduate engineering students of Computer Science and Information Technology programmes for the related course. The book will be equally useful as a primer for students from diverse backgrounds to help understand how cyber media is misused for committing crimes. It will also be useful for cyber forensic professionals, cybercrime investigators and computer professionals for implementing security measures to protect their digital assets.Beginning with a chapter on computer networks and security, the book moves on to discussing cybercrime, its classification and its contemporary and future trends in the subsequent chapters. The core concepts of forensic principles, processes and tools used and cases are discussed at length in the succeeding chapters, before ending with dedicated chapters on cyber laws, both in the Indian and international contexts, along with interesting case studies.Key FeaturesProvides a perfect balance of discussion on cybercrime, forensics and cyber laws (both Indian and International) Discusses principles, processes and case studies for a better grasp of conceptsIntroduces a fundamental chapter on computer networks and securityProvides a model case example report as an appendix for a better understanding of how forensic examination findings are reported and documentedOnline ResourcesFor faculty Lecture PPTsInstructor’s manual (hints/answers to chapter-end application exercises) For studentsColour illustrations from the bookVideo resources on email tracing, tracking and recovery of deleted filesTable of Contents1. Networks and Network Security 2. Introduction to Cybercrime3. Classification of Cybercrime4. Cybercrime the Present and the Future 5. Introduction to Cyber Forensics6. Digital Evidence7. Cyber Forensics the Present and the Future 8. Acquisition and Handling of Digital Evidence9. Analysis of Digital Evidence 10. Admissibility of Digital Evidence11. Cybercrime Case Studies12. Introduction to Cyber Laws 13. Cyber Laws in India and Case Studies14. International Cyber Laws and Case Studies.

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