Investigative computer forensics : the practical guide for lawyers, accountants, investigators, and business executives / Erik Laykin

Includes index.

Introduction: Investigative Computer Forensics -- Chapter 1: The Glue -- Chapter 2: A Primer on Computers and Networks -- Chapter 3: Computer Forensic Fundamentals -- Chapter 4: Investigative Fundamentals -- Chapter 5: The Underpinnings of Investigative Computer Forensics -- Chapter 6: Tactical Objectives and Challenges in Investigative Computer Forensics -- Chapter 7: The Cyber-Firefighters -- Chapter 8: E-Discovery Responsibilities -- Chapter 9: The future.

Accountants, CEOs, and other financial professionals need to understand how to leverage the newly emerging tools of computer forensics to protect assets, investigate fraud, and win the case. Investigative Computer Forensics takes the purely scientific aspects of classic computer forensics and marries them to the practical side of investigations and the pursuit of digital evidence in the course of litigation. It provides financial professionals with the necessary practical aids, case examples, and skills needed to leverage computer forensics during eDiscovery and investigations both dome.