ABSTRACT
Chapter Objectives Understand the E-commerce networking environment and identify the various hardware and software components Identify computer and electronic devices that might contain forensic evidence Provide examples of forensic evidence that might be obtained from the crime/ incident scenes Identify the types of evidence that can be recovered from computer and electronic devices Understand the hardware and software solutions that address network security issues See how telephone management software can provide investigative information
Introduction This chapter provides an overview of computer, electronic, and communication devices used in the world’s Internet and telecommunications network. All members
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of the computer forensics team must understand how the computer or electronic components work and how they relate to an investigation. Considerable data and information is stored on or transmitted by electronic devices. Security and forensic issues relating to hardware and software components used in these systems are discussed in this chapter.
