Cybercrime Investigators Handbook

By: Graeme Edwards

Narrated by: Curt Bonnem

Cyber attacks perpetrated against businesses, governments, organizations, and individuals have been occurring for decades. Many attacks are discovered only after the data has been exploited or sold on the criminal markets. Cyber attacks damage both the finances and reputations of businesses and cause damage to the ultimate victims of the crime. From the perspective of the criminal, the current state of inconsistent security policies and lax investigative procedures is a profitable and low-risk opportunity for cyber attacks. They can cause immense harm to individuals or businesses online and make large sums of money-safe in the knowledge that the victim will rarely report the matter to the police. For those tasked with probing such crimes in the field, information on investigative methodology is scarce.

While there are high-quality manuals for conducting digital examinations on a device or network that has been hacked, the Cybercrime Investigators Handbook is the first guide on how to commence an investigation from the location the offence occurred and collect the evidence necessary to locate and prosecute the offender. This valuable contribution to the field teaches listeners to locate, lawfully seize, preserve, examine, interpret, and manage the technical evidence that is vital for effective cybercrime investigation.

©2019 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (P)2019 Gildan Media, LLC

Very basic and generic investigation information

I found this book provided very good, generic information on general investigations, but not much information specific to conducting actual cyber investigations. A few tools were mentioned, and technical terms explained, but for someone looking to specialize in cyber investigations, it doesn't provide much more than generalities. I really wanted to like this book and extract more from it, but the meat and potatoes just weren't there.