WGU D431 DIGITAL FORENSICS IN
CYBERSECURITY TASK 2 COMPLETE
SOLUTION GUIDE
◉ Email Forensics.
Answer: - the study of the source and content of email as evidence
- includes the process of identifying the sender, recipient, date, time
and origination or unauthorized activities
◉ Network Forensics.
Answer: - the process of examining network traffic, including
transaction logs and real time monitoring using sniffers and tracing
◉ Internet forensics.
Answer: - the process of piecing together where and when a user has
been on the Internet
- ex you can use to determine whether inappropriate Internet
content access and downloading were accidental
◉ Software forensics ( malware forensics).
,Answer: - the process of examining malicious computer code
◉ Live system forensics.
Answer: - the process of searching memory in real time , typically for
working with compromised hosts or to identify system abuse
◉ Cell-phone forensics.
Answer: - the process of searching the contents of cell phones
◉ Daubert Standard.
Answer: - standard used by a trial judge to make a preliminary
assessment of whether an expert's scientific testimony is based on
reasoning or methodology that is scientifically valid and can
properly be applied to the facts at issue
◉ The federal privacy act of 1974.
Answer: - establishes a code of information handling practices that
governs the collection, maintenance,use, and dissemination of
information about individuals that is maintained in systems of
records by us federal agencies
◉ System of record.
, Answer: - a group of records under the control of an agency from
which information is retrieved by the name of the individual or by
some identifier assigned to the individual
◉ The privacy protection act of 1980.
Answer: - protects journalists from being required to turn over to
law enforcement any work product and documentary materials,
including sources, before it is disseminated to the public
- journalists who need this protection are those who are working on
stories that are highly controversial or that describe criminal acts,
because the info they gathered may also be useful to law
enforcement
◉ The communications assistance to law enforcement act of 1994
(CALEA).
Answer: - a federal wiretap law for traditional wired telephony
- expanded in 2004 to include wireless , Voice over packets and
other forms of electronic communications including signaling traffic
and metadata
◉ Unlawful access to stored communications 18 U.S.C 2701.
CYBERSECURITY TASK 2 COMPLETE
SOLUTION GUIDE
◉ Email Forensics.
Answer: - the study of the source and content of email as evidence
- includes the process of identifying the sender, recipient, date, time
and origination or unauthorized activities
◉ Network Forensics.
Answer: - the process of examining network traffic, including
transaction logs and real time monitoring using sniffers and tracing
◉ Internet forensics.
Answer: - the process of piecing together where and when a user has
been on the Internet
- ex you can use to determine whether inappropriate Internet
content access and downloading were accidental
◉ Software forensics ( malware forensics).
,Answer: - the process of examining malicious computer code
◉ Live system forensics.
Answer: - the process of searching memory in real time , typically for
working with compromised hosts or to identify system abuse
◉ Cell-phone forensics.
Answer: - the process of searching the contents of cell phones
◉ Daubert Standard.
Answer: - standard used by a trial judge to make a preliminary
assessment of whether an expert's scientific testimony is based on
reasoning or methodology that is scientifically valid and can
properly be applied to the facts at issue
◉ The federal privacy act of 1974.
Answer: - establishes a code of information handling practices that
governs the collection, maintenance,use, and dissemination of
information about individuals that is maintained in systems of
records by us federal agencies
◉ System of record.
, Answer: - a group of records under the control of an agency from
which information is retrieved by the name of the individual or by
some identifier assigned to the individual
◉ The privacy protection act of 1980.
Answer: - protects journalists from being required to turn over to
law enforcement any work product and documentary materials,
including sources, before it is disseminated to the public
- journalists who need this protection are those who are working on
stories that are highly controversial or that describe criminal acts,
because the info they gathered may also be useful to law
enforcement
◉ The communications assistance to law enforcement act of 1994
(CALEA).
Answer: - a federal wiretap law for traditional wired telephony
- expanded in 2004 to include wireless , Voice over packets and
other forms of electronic communications including signaling traffic
and metadata
◉ Unlawful access to stored communications 18 U.S.C 2701.
