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The book on “Digital Forensics and Investigation Methods” deals with the analysis of digital forensics and the associated investigation methods. We are all living in digital era. On one hand, technology simplifies the daily chores and improves the quality of life of human. On the other hand, cyber crimes are on the raise. Criminals operate more safely and smartly in the digital era. They have changed their landscape of operations. Finding the evidence from digital media, preserving them and documenting the same need scientific and systematic approach. Forensic team must be exposed to the best techniques and tools to handle the cyber crimes and complicated digital based cases. This book focuses on the concept of digital forensics, different types of digital forensics, digital forensic investigation methods, tools used for digital forensics investigation, report writing and management of evidence. It also briefly explains the various digital forensics investigation models and the process involved in digital forensics analysis. This material will be useful to digital forensic investigation officers, students and working professionals to develop an interest in the domain. It is a useful material for cyber crime investigation team to tackle the cases promptly.
Padmavathi Ganapathi, Digvijaysinh Mahendrasinh Rathod
Author
Padmavathi Ganapathi
Dr. Padmavathi Ganapathi is the Dean-School of Physical Sciences and Computational Sciences and Professor in the Department of Computer Science, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women (Deemed to be University), Coimbatore, India. She has more than 33 years of teaching experience and 25 years of research experience. Her areas of interest include, Cyber Security, Wireless Communication and Real Time Systems. She has executed funded projects worth 267.368 lakhs Sponsored by AICTE, UGC, DRDO and DST. She has supervised 22 scholars at Ph. D level. She has more than 200 publications in prestigious conferences and peer-reviewed journals. She is the life members of various professional bodies like CSI, ISTE, ISCA, WSEAS, AACE and AICW. She is reviewers for many IEEE Conferences and Journals. She has visited many countries for technical deliberations. She is the Course Co-ordinator for SWAYAM-MOOC on Cyber Security. So far, more than 71, 000 learners have enrolled for various sessions and benefitted.
Co-author
Dr. Digvijaysinh Mahendrasinh Rathod
He is an Associate Professor in Cyber Security and Digital Forensics, Associate Dean - School of Cyber Security and Digital Forensics at National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) – Ahmedabad, Ministry of Home affairs, Government of India, Sector – 9 – Gandhinagar – Gujarat.
He has more than 16 years of teaching and research experience. His areas of specialization include cyber security and digital forensics. His research areas includes Web / Mobile Application Security, AI, and ML, IoT Security, and BlockChain. His interest of area is Telecommunication Security and Forensics, Web Application Security and Forensics, Network Security and Forensics, Mobile Security and Forensics, Python Scripting, IOT Security and Forensics, Web Service Security, Vulnerability Assessment and Pen Testing. He has published lot of papers in reputed international & national journals, Conferences and books.
