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Documenting a Digital Forensic Investigation-Guide www. Forensic Notes. com ver. 1. 1 Page 1 of 30 Contents How to Setup Forensic Notes to Document Your Investigations.................................................................. 2 Creating Folders ..................................................................... |
Documenting a Digital Forensic Investigation-Guide www. Forensic Notes. com ver. 1. 1 Page 2 of 30 How to Setup Forensic Notes to Document Your Investigations Forensic Notes makes it easy to setup and organize your notes for investigations, whether working as an individual or as part of a team. The following informati... |
Documenting a Digital Forensic Investigation-Guide www. Forensic Notes. com ver. 1. 1 Page 3 of 30 Det. Brown : “Member” of the Forensic Notes team account Uses Forensic Notes to : o Document taking possession of the exhibits (exhibit continuity / chain of custody ) o Document his digital forensic examinations Creatin... |
Documenting a Digital Forensic Investigation-Guide www. Forensic Notes. com ver. 1. 1 Page 4 of 30 Steps Required : 1. Click on down arrow next to New in the “All Notebooks” panel. 2. Click New Folder. NOTE: Repeat the above process for each new folder you wish to create. In our example, Det. Smith has created three (... |
Documenting a Digital Forensic Investigation-Guide www. Forensic Notes. com ver. 1. 1 Page 5 of 30 If you accidentally create a folder in the wrong location, such as nesting a folder inside another folder, you can simply : 1. Drag & drop the folder to a new location (Desktop Only). Folders are not very useful without ... |
Documenting a Digital Forensic Investigation-Guide www. Forensic Notes. com ver. 1. 1 Page 6 of 30 In our example, Det. Smith will use the following folder name structure: -<File Number>-<Type of Offence> Deleting a Folder At some point you may want to delete a folder or noteboo k. This is possible, if it does NOT con... |
Documenting a Digital Forensic Investigation-Guide www. Forensic Notes. com ver. 1. 1 Page 7 of 30 To demonstrate the deletion of a Forensic Notebook with no Timestamped notes ( known as Forensic Notes), Det. Smith will delete the auto-generated notebook which is created upon account creation within the root node. To ... |
Documenting a Digital Forensic Investigation-Guide www. Forensic Notes. com ver. 1. 1 Page 8 of 30 4. You will then receive a confirmation message regarding the deletion. Creating Nested Folders Det. Smith now want s to begin organizing the folders for the Robbery file that t he team will begin working on. To do this,... |
Documenting a Digital Forensic Investigation-Guide www. Forensic Notes. com ver. 1. 1 Page 9 of 30 Each investigator will now be able to create their own notebooks within their designated folders. Notetaking: Intake Officer Det. Smith is now going to create a Notebook in her folder to document all her actions involved... |
Documenting a Digital Forensic Investigation-Guide www. Forensic Notes. com ver. 1. 1 Page 10 of 30 Det. Smith then r e-named the notebook in the exact same manner as renaming a folder (discussed above). Det. Smith can now begin taking contemporaneous notes for this investigation. Types of Notebooks If you are not sur... |
Documenting a Digital Forensic Investigation-Guide www. Forensic Notes. com ver. 1. 1 Page 11 of 30 Creating the First Note Chain-of-custody is yet another area that must be fully documented to ensure you and your organization can always account for where an exhibit was once it comes into your custody. When Det. Jones... |
Documenting a Digital Forensic Investigation-Guide www. Forensic Notes. com ver. 1. 1 Page 12 of 30 Det. Smith now begin s to take notes regarding th e intake of the exhibits by clicking into the editor box. This will cause the popup toolbar to be displayed allowing you to format your notes as needed. Adding Attachmen... |
Documenting a Digital Forensic Investigation-Guide www. Forensic Notes. com ver. 1. 1 Page 13 of 30 To add an attachment, you can either: Drag & drop Or click within the Choose a file box Adding Attachments Adding Attachments in Forensic Notes receive the same Digital Signing & Timestamping benefit as the notes you cr... |
Documenting a Digital Forensic Investigation-Guide www. Forensic Notes. com ver. 1. 1 Page 14 of 30 Confirming Attachments are Properly Uploaded Before Timestamping or viewing a different note, confirm that your attachment(s) are properly uploaded by ensuring that it displays 100% upload. |
Documenting a Digital Forensic Investigation-Guide www. Forensic Notes. com ver. 1. 1 Page 15 of 30 Date & Time Notice that Det. Smith has not made note of the date and time she received the Exhibits. She doesn't need to record the time, as it's automatically recorded when the note was created. Date & Time Each time y... |
Documenting a Digital Forensic Investigation-Guide www. Forensic Notes. com ver. 1. 1 Page 16 of 30 Once Det. Smith has attached her documents and recorded the relevant information she can then Timestamp her note, proving the contemporaneo usness of when the note was entered. To do this, s he simply clicks the blue Ti... |
Documenting a Digital Forensic Investigation-Guide www. Forensic Notes. com ver. 1. 1 Page 17 of 30 Approximately three hours later, Det. Smith documents when she transferred the exhibits to the digital examiner by creating a new contemporaneous note to record this activity. Note Date & Time vs. Timestamp Date & Time ... |
Documenting a Digital Forensic Investigation-Guide www. Forensic Notes. com ver. 1. 1 Page 18 of 30 Det. Smith has now c ompleted the intake process and plans to transfer all exhibits to Det. Brown. Det. Brown will also use Forensic Notes to document his actions during the forensic examination. Notetaking: Forensic Ex... |
Documenting a Digital Forensic Investigation-Guide www. Forensic Notes. com ver. 1. 1 Page 19 of 30 In the “Overview ” Notebook, Det. Brown records notes regarding the date and time he received the exhibits (ensuring Exhibit Continuity) and receiving essential documents such as the Work Request Form and a copy of any ... |
Documenting a Digital Forensic Investigation-Guide www. Forensic Notes. com ver. 1. 1 Page 20 of 30 Forensic Examination-Exhibit #1 After recording key information into the “Overview” Notebook, Det. Brown begins work on his first exhibit. As a result, he creates his first note in the “Exhibit #1-i Phone (white)” Foren... |
Documenting a Digital Forensic Investigation-Guide www. Forensic Notes. com ver. 1. 1 Page 21 of 30 Embedded Images in Notes Forensic Notes doesn't compress images that are embedded into your notes-even if resized within the editor to make it fit better within your notes. This has two benefits: 1)Image quality is neve... |
Documenting a Digital Forensic Investigation-Guide www. Forensic Notes. com ver. 1. 1 Page 22 of 30 Editing Images Det. Brown continue s to work on the phone throughout the day, and breaks his notes up to identify various activities throughout the forensic process (as shown below). This process of breaking down the no... |
Documenting a Digital Forensic Investigation-Guide www. Forensic Notes. com ver. 1. 1 Page 23 of 30 While Det. Brown was verifying the data extraction, he came across an important conversation within his favorite mobile forensic software. The text message stated “This time don't shoot anyone”. He makes a careful note ... |
Documenting a Digital Forensic Investigation-Guide www. Forensic Notes. com ver. 1. 1 Page 24 of 30 Editing Images within Forensic Notes You can edit images within Forensic Notes adding text, handwritten remarks and arrows to highlight key findings within images. Mobile Devices To add an image as displayed above using... |
Documenting a Digital Forensic Investigation-Guide www. Forensic Notes. com ver. 1. 1 Page 25 of 30 Adding Emails Det. Brown sent off a prelimary report to the lead investigator requesting he review the report and advise what relevant information to include in a final Digital Forensic Report. The lead investigator res... |
Documenting a Digital Forensic Investigation-Guide www. Forensic Notes. com ver. 1. 1 Page 26 of 30 Adding Tags As Det. Brown continues to use Forensic Notes, he will eventually have hundreds of notes documenting all the examinations he has conducted. As time passes, he may forg et whether he received an email about t... |
Documenting a Digital Forensic Investigation-Guide www. Forensic Notes. com ver. 1. 1 Page 27 of 30 Searching If Det. Brown wants to find his notes regarding the email he received from the lead investigator, he can quickly search and find those notes using the search bar located in the upper section of the Forensic No... |
Documenting a Digital Forensic Investigation-Guide www. Forensic Notes. com ver. 1. 1 Page 28 of 30 Continuing the Investigation Det. Brown continues to use Forensic Notes to document all the exhibits related to this investigation. After he is finished examining all the exhibits, you can see that the “ Robbery ” folde... |
Documenting a Digital Forensic Investigation-Guide www. Forensic Notes. com ver. 1. 1 Page 29 of 30 Downloading a Notebook Lastly, at some point, Det. Brown may need to disclose these notes or decide to download a copy for review. Since h e created a separate notebook for each exhibit, this will make disclosure simple... |
Documenting a Digital Forensic Investigation-Guide www. Forensic Notes. com ver. 1. 1 Page 30 of 30 Further Questions If you have any further questions not answered by this guide or our FAQs, please contact support via email at support@forensicnotes. com. |
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