Digital forensics toolkit

- [Instructor] Forensics work is complex and requires access…to a robust digital forensics toolkit.…You'll need to begin with a digital forensic workstation.…When you're selecting hardware to use for forensics,…be sure to choose a system that has…quite a bit of RAM and a powerful CPU.…Both of these will be invaluable…when performing the computationally intensive process…of processing evidence and calculating hash values.…You'll also want a system with plenty of…onboard hard disc space for storing intermediate analyses.…

Your forensic workstation should be loaded…with the forensic software of your choice.…You'll need a forensic analysis tool,…such as EnCase, FTK, or Helix.…These are robust suites of forensic tools…that dramatically speed up the analysis process.…They can consume images and other forensic artifacts…and quickly process them, pulling out…relevant information for your analysis.…You'll also want to have access to cryptographic tools.…These include hashing utilities, such as md5sum and shasum,…as well as encryption tools that you can use…