What Does It Take to Do Forensics?

Hardware
1. Become familiar with the inside of the computer
2. Understand hard drives and their settings
3. Motherboards
4. Power connections
5. Memory

Knowledge of Operating Systems and Software

Operating Systems
–Microsoft Products
–Linux RedHat
–UNIX

Software
–Forensic Software
–HTML
–Microsoft Office
–Quick View Plus

Training
1. New Technologies (NTI) in Gresham, OregonGuidance Software (Encase)Access
DataHTCIA Annual Conference
2. PatienceOne needs the ability to be able to sit in front of the computer
and analyze the data for what could be an extensive amount of time.”No such
thing as point and click forensics.”