Free preview lesson · Digital Forensics & Incident Response · Module 1: Evidence and chain of custody
What counts as digital evidence
Evidence that cannot be trusted is worthless. Chain of custody is the record that shows evidence was collected and handled without alteration.
What to record
Who collected the item, when, where, how, and every hand-off afterwards.
Preserve before you analyse
Work from verified copies and record hashes so you can prove nothing changed.
Keep it simple
A consistent form used every time beats a perfect process nobody follows.
Common pitfall
Analysing the original device instead of a verified copy.
Action step
Create a one-page chain-of-custody form you could use tomorrow.
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