ITT 307 Topic 7 DQ1
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The number of computer-based forensic tools has been on the rise over the last 10 years, making it extremely difficult to select the right tool for the job. Cost is an additional factor too, as many of these tools are expensive and can break a budget. Research four computer-based forensic tools. List each tool and the type of data that it searches for, its features, and costs. Which would you recommend? If you could only select one of these tools, which one would it be? Why?
Hello Professor and class,
The four computer-based forensics tools I have researched and will talk about are:
1.
SANS SIFT: This is a free tool kit that is open source and offers cross compatibility between Windows and Linux systems. Some features of SANS SIFT are the ability to analyze file systems, network evidence, memory images, and more (Robb, 2023).
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ProDiscover Forensic: offers three products for computer forensics which are incident response, electronic discovery, and corporate policy compliance investigations. Support is offered on VMWare, Windows, MAC and Linux systems. Investigations can be run on cloud, social media, Web, and email. The cost is roughly $2,195. 3.
Volatility: Free and open-source software that runs on Windows and also supports Mac OS X, and Linux. Some of the benefits include not needing to download a Python interpreter, the interpreters can use the RAM data to analyze runtime states, a knowledge of OS intervals, malicious codes and anomalies (Robb, 2023)
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The Sleuth Kit And Autopsy: Also open source and free unless commercial support is needed. Some of the benefits include hash filtering, disc and data capture tools, multimedia extraction, a built-in plugin that allows additional modules to be added in Java or Python, and commercial training and support. Between these four choices I would select ProDiscover Forensics since support is included, there
are a lot more thorough tools that help the forensics team find what they need, and it is supported on all platforms. References
Robb, D. (2023, January 19). 16 best digital forensics tools & software | eSecurity planet. eSecurityPlanet. https://www.esecurityplanet.com/products/digital-forensics-software/#sleuth-
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