A Practical Hands-on Approach to Database Forensics

This book provides a practical forensic process for acquiring and analyzing databases from various devices and applications, emphasizing the importance of staying up-to-date with cyber-threats and challenges. It guides researchers, educators, and practitioners through database forensics and investigations on mobile devices, IoT devices, web browsers, and end-to-end encrypted instant messaging applications.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 291 pages
Publication date: 24 October 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

Adopting an experimental learning approach, this book presents a practical forensic process for acquiring and analyzing databases from various devices and applications. These databases contain crucial, sensitive, and confidential information, making them essential evidence in digital investigations. Additionally, the book emphasizes the importance of staying updated on the ever-evolving cyber-threat landscape and the associated database forensic challenges and solutions. It serves as a valuable guide for cyber-forensic researchers, educators, and practitioners, covering the process of conducting database forensics and investigations on mobile devices, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, web browsers, and end-to-end encrypted instant messaging applications. Given the rapidly evolving database forensics landscape, this book will be of interest to researchers, educators, and practitioners in the field, as well as students who are eager to learn about database investigation.

Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031161292
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022