Synopses & Reviews
As a cyber crime investigator you've undoubtedly encountered situations where there's little or no guidance to aid you in your decision making process. Often, you find yourself posting 'hypothetical' questions to an anonymous list server, in the hope that some stranger's answer would ring true. Although you've done your due diligence, sleepless nights accompany you as you contemplate how your decision will come back to haunt you. Cyber Crime Investigations: Bridging the Gaps Between Security Professionals, Law Enforcement, and Prosecutors and companion web site provide you with all the information necessary to make educated and authoritative decisions when is comes to cyber crime investigative issues. The book begins with a chapter describing the most common challenges faced by person's investigating cyber related incidents. The next chapters introduce the readers to the problems they will encounter at each step of the investigative process. Issues dealing with response, collection, documentation and prosecution of cyber related crimes are addressed and laid out for the reader to make educated decisions. Each step of the cyber investigate methodology is covered and both sides of the issue are addressed equally. Even though the authors present both sides of the issue evenly, ultimately they will choose what course of action they would take and explain why. Where investigative tools are discussed, the author will detail the functionality of the tool, and provide examples of how the tool is use in the illustrated scenario.
Synopsis
Written by a former NYPD cyber cop, this is the only book available that discusses the hard questions cyber crime investigators are asking.
The book begins with the chapter “What is Cyber Crime?” This introductory chapter describes the most common challenges faced by cyber investigators today. The following chapters discuss the methodologies behind cyber investigations; and frequently encountered pitfalls. Issues relating to cyber crime definitions, the electronic crime scene, computer forensics, and preparing and presenting a cyber crime investigation in court will be examined. Not only will these topics be generally be discussed and explained for the novice, but the hard questions —the questions that have the power to divide this community— will also be examined in a comprehensive and thoughtful manner.
This book will serve as a foundational text for the cyber crime community to begin to move past current difficulties into its next evolution.
* This book has been written by a retired NYPD cyber cop, who has worked many high-profile computer crime cases
* Discusses the complex relationship between the public and private sector with regards to cyber crime
* Provides essential information for IT security professionals and first responders on maintaining chain of evidence
About the Author
Anthony Reyes is a retired Detective with the New York City Police Departments Computer Crimes Squad. During his assignment with the Computer Crimes Squad, he investigated computer intrusion, fraud, identity theft, child exploitation, and software piracy. Detective Reyes previously sat as an alternate member of New York Governor George E. Pataki's Cyber-Security Task Force. Mr. Reyes is a member of the New York State Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce. He is also a member of the National Institute of Justice Electronic Crime Partnership Initiative (ECPI). Additionally, he is a member of the High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA), and served as the President in 2005 of the Associations Northeast Chapter.Kevin OShea is a Homeland Security and Intelligence Specialist for the Technical Analysis Group in the Justiceworks program at the University of New Hampshire.Jim Steel is a Computer Forensics Investigator with T-Mobile USA. Previously, as the Senior Technical Consultant assigned to the NYPD E-911 Center Mr. Steele designed and managed implementation of multiple systems for security and wireless technology. Mr. Steels career as a Technical Consultant also includes time with the London Metropolitan Police, University of Pennsylvania and the FDNY.
Richard Brittson is a retired Detective with the New York City Police Departments Computer Crimes Squad. He has been a panelist at several conferences including Gartner 2004 and RSA 2005. He is a board member of Northeast Chapter of the High Technology Crime Investigation Association, and was a co-recipient of the 2004 HTCIA 'Case of the Year'.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction: The Problem at Hand
Chapter 2: Cyber Crime Vs. Traditional Crime
Chapter 3: Criminal Vs. Civil
Chapter 4: Cyber Investigative Roles
Chapter 5: Incident Response
Chapter 6: Crime Scene Documentation
Chapter 7: Evidence Collection
Chapter 8: Conducting Cyber Investigations
Chapter 9: Computer Forensics
Chapter 10: Analyzing Data
Chapter 11: Preparing for Prosecution and Testifying in Court
Chapter 12: Summary