Digital forensics deals with the acquisition, preservation, examination, analysis and presentation of electronic evidence. Networked computing, wireless communications and portable electronic devices have expanded the role of digital forensics beyond traditional computer crime investigations. Practically every crime now involves some aspect of digital evidence; digital forensics provides the techniques and tools to articulate this evidence. Digital forensics also has myriad intelligence applications. Furthermore, it has a vital role in information assurance - investigations of security breaches yield valuable information that can be used to design more secure systems.

Advances in Digital Forensics V describes original research results and innovative applications in the discipline of digital forensics. In addition, it highlights some of the major technical and legal issues related to digital evidence and electronic crime investigations. The areas of coverage include: themes and issues, forensic techniques, integrity and privacy, network forensics, forensic computing, investigative techniques, legal issues and evidence management.

This book is the fifth volume in the annual series produced by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group 11.9 on Digital Forensics, an international community of scientists, engineers and practitioners dedicated to advancing the state of the art of research and practice in digital forensics. The book contains a selection of twenty-three edited papers from the Fifth Annual IFIP WG 11.9 International Conference on Digital Forensics, held at the National Center for Forensic Science, Orlando, Florida, USA in the spring of 2009.

Advances in Digital Forensics V is an important resource for researchers, faculty members and graduate students, as well as for practitioners and individuals engaged in research and development efforts for the law enforcement and intelligence communities.

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Themes and Issues.- Digital Forensics as a Surreal Narrative.- Digital Forensic Research: The Good, the Bad and the Unaddressed.- Towards a Formalization of Digital Forensics.- Forensic Techniques.- Bulk Email Forensics.- Analyzing the Impact of a Virtual Machine on a Host Machine.- Temporal Analysis of Windows MRU Registry Keys.- Using DCT Features for Printing Technique and Copy Detection.- Source Camera Identification Using Support Vector Machines.- Forensic Analysis of the Sony Playstation Portable.- Integrity and Privacy.- Implementing Boot Control for Windows Vista.- A Forensic Framework for Handling Information Privacy Incidents.- Network Forensics.- Tracking Contraband Files Transmitted Using Bittorrent.- A Model for Foxy Peer-to-Peer Network Investigations.- Detecting Fraud in Internet Auction Systems.- Forensic Computing.- A Cloud Computing Platform for Large-Scale Forensic Computing.- Password Cracking Using Sony Playstations.- Investigative Techniques.- A Cost-Effective Model for Digital Forensic Investigations.- Analysis of the Digital Evidence Presented in the Yahoo! Case.- Legal Issues.- Assessing the Legal Risks in Network Forensic Probing.- A Survey of the Legal Issues Facing Digital Forensic Experts.- An Extended Model for E-Discovery Operations.- Evidence Management.- Concept Mapping for Digital Forensic Investigations.- System Support for Forensic Inference.