Digital Forensics for Legal Professionals

Section 1: What is Digital Forensics? Chapter 1. Digital Evidence is Everywhere Chapter 2. Overview of Digital Forensics Chapter 3. Digital Forensics - The Sub-Disciplines Chapter 4. The Foundations of Digital Forensics - Best Practices Chapter 5. Overview of Digital Forensics Tools Chapter 6. Digital Forensics at Work in the Legal System

Section 2: Experts Chapter 7. Why Do I Need an Expert? Chapter 8. The Difference between Computer Experts and Digital Forensic Experts Chapter 9. Selecting a Digital Forensics Expert Chapter 10. What to Expect from an Expert Chapter 11. Approaches by Different Types of Examiners Chapter 12. Spotting a Problem Expert Chapter 13. Qualifying an Expert in Court

Sections 3: Motions and Discovery Chapter 14. Overview of Digital Evidence Discovery Chapter 15. Discovery of Digital Evidence in Criminal Cases Chapter 16. Discovery of Digital Evidence in Civil Cases Chapter 17. Discovery of Computers and Storage Media Chapter 18. Discovery of Video Evidence Chapter 19. Discovery of Audio Evidence Chapter 20. Discovery of Social Media Evidence Chapter 21. Discovery in Child Pornography Cases Chapter 22. Discovery of Internet Service Provider Records Chapter 23. Discovery of Global Positioning System Evidence Chapter 24. Discovery of Call Detail Records Chapter 25. Obtaining Expert Funding in Indigent Cases

Section 4: Common Types of Digital Evidence Chapter 26. Hash Values: The Verification Standard Chapter 27. Metadata Chapter 28. Thumbnails and the Thumbnail Cache Chapter 29. Deleted Data Chapter 30. Computer Time Artifacts (MAC Times) Chapter 31. Internet History (Web and Browser Caching) Chapter 32. Windows Shortcut Files (Link Files) Chapter 33. Cellular System Evidence and Call Detail Records Chapter 34. Email Evidence Chapter 35. Social Media Chapter 36. Peer to Peer Networks and File Sharing Chapter 37. Cell Phones Chapter 38. Video and Photo Evidence Chapter 39. Databases

Larry Daniel is a digital forensics examiner and cellular records analyst with Guardian Digital Forensics. Larry has testified over 45 times in state and federal courts, and is one of the top digital forensic examiners in the US, with experience in hundreds of civil and criminal cases involving all types of digital evidence, from computers to black boxes to cell phones. Larry is a sought-after speaker for both technical and legal conferences, and is the co-author of the successful Syngress title Digital Forensics for Legal Professionals. Lars Daniel is a digital forensics examiner at Guardian Digital Forensics.



Lars is an EnCase Certified Examiner (EnCE), an AccessData Certified Examiner (ACE), an AccessData Certified Mobile Examiner (AME) a Certified Telecommunications Network Specialist (CTNS), Certified Wireless Analyst (CWA), a Certified Internet Protocol Telecommunications Specialist (CIPTS), and a Certified Telecommunications Analyst (CTA).



He spoke at the largest annual digital forensics conference, the Computer Enterprise and Investigations Conference (CEIC), in 2011 and 2013, and at the EnFuse conference in 2016.



Lars has qualified as an expert witness and testified in both state and federal court, qualifying as a digital forensics expert, computer forensics expert, a cell phone forensics expert, a video forensics expert, and a photo forensics expert.



He has attended over 300 hours of forensic training and has worked on over 600 cases involving murder, child pornography, terrorism, rape, kidnapping, intellectual property, fraud, wrongful death, employee wrongdoing and insurance losses among numerous other types of cases.



Lars is the co-author of the book Digital Forensics for Legal Professionals: Understanding Digital Evidence from the Warrant to the Courtroom, published by Syngess, an imprint of Elsevier Publishing.



He has extensive

"No competent lawyer is foolish enough not to appreciate the pervasiveness of digital evidence, or that digital forensics requires mastery far beyond his ken. Larry Daniels' book provides the most comprehensive, nuts and bolts resource for trial lawyers on digital forensics. This isn't the sort of book to skim and stick on the shelf, but to keep on our desk because we'll need it that often. This is part of the trial lawyer's bible."--Scott H. Greenfield, Criminal Defense Attorney, New York City "This isn't your stock standard book focusing on how to do digital forensics, it's an innovative text focusing on preparing technical and legal professionals for dealing with litigation. This is a must-have addition to anyone's digital forensic/legal library."--Jonathan T. Rajewski, Professor of Digital Forensics, Champlain College "There is so much valuable information contained within this book that I found it was difficult to put down once I started it. Its readability is excellent and I could directly and immediately apply the book's lessons to my day-to-day work within technology, project management, and electronic discovery. As I was finishing the final two chapters, an attorney came to me with a case project that included a digital evidence acquisition with multiple cell phones and, lo-and-behold, I was equipped to speak to the process of the data acquisition and intelligently begin the project due to this book. Digital evidence is here to stay and the management of that evidence has been made easier to understand with Digital Forensics for Legal Professionals."--Law Technology News

"There is so much valuable information contained within this book that I found it was difficult to put down once I started it.Digital evidence is here to stay and the management of that evidence has been made easier to understand with Digital Forensics for Legal Professionals." --Law Technology News, May 2012

"No competent lawyer is foolish enough not to appreciate the pervasiveness of digital evidence, or that digital forensics requires mastery far beyond his ken. Larry Daniels' book provides the most comprehensive, nuts and bolts resource for trial lawyers on digital forensics. This isn't the sort of book to skim and stick on the shelf, but to keep on our desk because we'll need it that often. This is part of the trial lawyer's bible." --Scott H. Greenfield, Criminal Defense Attorney, New York City

"This isn't your stock standard book focusing on how to do digital forensics, it's an innovative text focusing on preparing technical and legal professionals for dealing with litigation. This is a must-have addition to anyone's digital forensic/legal library." --Jonathan T. Rajewski, Professor of Digital Forensics, Champlain College

"There is so much valuable information contained within this book that I found it was difficult to put down once I started it. Its readability is excellent and I could directly and immediately apply the book's lessons to my day-to-day work within technology, project management, and electronic discovery. As I was finishing the final two chapters, an attorney came to me with a case project that included a digital evidence acquisition with multiple cell phones and, lo-and-behold, I was equipped to speak to the process of the data acquisition and intelligently begin the project due to this book. Digital evidence is here to stay and the management of that evidence has been made easier to understand with Digital Forensics for Legal Professionals." --Law Technology News