Evidence Acquisition Fundamentals

# Evidence Acquisition Fundamentals Acquisition is the bridge between the *existence* of a digital trace and its *usability* as evidence. It is where the philosophical principles…

PowerShell as an Acquisition Engine

# PowerShell as an Acquisition Engine PowerShell is described in Hosmer's book as a powerful **acquisition engine** for digital investigations. Its role is to gather raw informat…

Network Evidence Challenges

Network-based evidence is a subset of [[Digital Evidence]] that comes with its own set of practical and legal headaches. Section [[1.4 Challenges Relating to Network Evidence]] gr…

Baseline in Digital Forensics

# Baseline in Digital Forensics A **baseline** is a captured snapshot of a system's normal state under known-good conditions. It records what processes, services, network connect…

PowerShell + Python Acquisition Pipeline

# PowerShell + Python Acquisition Pipeline A practical exercise pattern from the book's philosophy: use **PowerShell** for acquiring raw data from Windows systems and **Python** …