Diving In Book Archives - AboutDFIR - The Definitive Compendium Project

19 Aug 2023

Day 5 – Excerpt from Chapter 5 – “Intrusion Lifecycles”

Day 5 – Excerpt from my newly released book, “Diving In – An Incident Responder’s Journey: A Guide for Executives, Lawyers, Insurance, Brokers & Audiences Eager to Learn” which you can purchase your copy here -> https://www.amazon.com/Diving-Responders-Executives-Insurance-Audiences/dp/B0CCCHTN8R "Nearly all intrusions involve some type of scouting stage, although attackers may not have specific targets in mind when they start. This is the stage where the attacker may collect information about a victim through the review or…

15 Aug 2023

By Devon

Day 4 – Excerpt from Chapter 4 – User Causality in the context of DFIR

Day 4 - Excerpt from my newly released book, "Diving In - An Incident Responder’s Journey: A Guide for Executives, Lawyers, Insurance, Brokers & Audiences Eager to Learn" which you can get your copy here -> https://www.amazon.com/Diving-Responders-Executives-Insurance-Audiences/dp/B0CCCHTN8R "User causality in the context of Digital Forensics science refers to the relationship between a user's actions (cause) and the resulting impact on a digital system (effect) which fundamentally underpins Locard’s Exchange Principle. Understanding this cause-and-effect relationship is…

14 Aug 2023

By Devon

Day 3 – Locard’s Exchange Principle and #DFIR

Day 3 - Excerpt from my newly released book, "Diving In - An Incident Responder’s Journey: A Guide for Executives, Lawyers, Insurance, Brokers & Audiences Eager to Learn" which you can get your copy here -> https://www.amazon.com/Diving-Responders-Executives-Insurance-Audiences/dp/B0CCCHTN8R "Locard's Exchange Principle is a fundamental concept in traditional forensic science, which posits that 'every contact leaves a trace.' In other words, any interaction between an individual and their environment will result in the transfer of physical evidence…

11 Aug 2023

By Devon

Day 2 – Excerpt from “Diving In” Book by Devon Ackerman

Day 2 - Excerpt from the second chapter of my brand new #book, "#DivingIn - An Incident Responder’s Journey: A Guide for Executives, Lawyers, Insurance, Brokers & Audiences Eager to Learn" which can be viewed and purchased here! "#Forensic examiners must be able to defensibly recover/extract relevant #evidence, preserve it, and present findings in a manner that it can be legally used in the identification and #attribution of #cybercrime. This includes being able to articulate…

10 Aug 2023

By Devon

Diving In – An Incident Responder’s Journey – An Excerpt

Excerpt from the opening chapter of my new #book, Diving In - An Incident Responder's Journey: A Guide for Executives, Lawyers, Insurance, Brokers & Audiences Eager to Learn, can be purchased here. "Digital Forensics and Incident Response (#DFIR) are two essential areas of investigative and reactive cybersecurity that aim to protect individuals, governments, and organizations of all sizes and complexity from ever-present, ever-evolving cyber threats. Legal counsel and cyber insurance carriers are often called upon…