Book Review: Digital Forensic Evidence Examination (2nd ed.)

Book Review: Challenges to Digital Forensic Evidence

Windows Forensic Analysis DVD Toolkit, 2nd edition. By Harlan Carvey

The first edition of Harlan Carvey's text on Windows forensics quickly became a standard as an example of both a quality professional reference and a source of a font of practical information on the subject. The second edition promises to continue in that tradition. The quality contributions that Carvey makes on many professional listservs is but a harbin-ger of what can be found in his book, a...

Toward a Science of Digital Forensic Evidence Examination

Digital forensic evidence examination is not a normal science at this time. This paper discusses the important issue of moving toward a science of digital forensic evidence examination. It highlights key areas in which progress has to be made in order for digital forensic evidence examination to become a normal science.

Patient effective dose evaluation for chest X-ray examination in three digital radiography centers

Background: The radiation doses resulting from diagnostic X-ray examinations are routinely measured in terms of entrance surface dose (ESD) and effective dose (ED). In this study, for the purpose of radiation protection, the radiation doses received from Digital chest X-ray examination were evaluated in terms of ESD and ED. Material and Methods: The ED was calculated by using the MCNP ...

Analyzing registry, log files, and prefetch files in finding digital evidence in graphic design applications

The products of graphic design applications leave behind traces of digital information which can be used during a digital forensic investigation in cases where counterfeit documents have been created. This paper analyzes the digital forensics involved in the creation of counterfeit documents. This is achieved by first recognizing the digital forensic artifacts left behind from the use of graphi...