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Taylor and Francis Cybercrime Investigations A Comprehensive Resource For Everyone 2020 Edition by John Bandler, Antonia Merzon
Cybercrime continues to skyrocket but we are not combatting it effectively yet. We need more cybercrime investigators from all backgrounds and working in every sector to conduct effective investigations. This book is a comprehensive resource for everyone who encounters and investigates cybercrime, no matter their title, including those working on behalf of law enforcement, private organizations, regulatory agencies, or individual victims. It provides helpful background material about cybercrime's technological and legal underpinnings, plus in-depth detail about the legal and practical aspects of conducting cybercrime investigations.Key features of this book include:Understanding cybercrime, computers, forensics, and cybersecurityLaw for the cybercrime investigator, including cybercrime offenses; cyber evidence-gathering; criminal, private and regulatory law, and nation-state implicationsCybercrime investigation from three key perspectives: law enforcement, private sector, and regulatoryFinancial investigationIdentification (attribution) of cyber-conductApprehensionLitigation in the criminal and civil arenas.This far-reaching book is an essential reference for prosecutors and law enforcement officers, agents and analysts; as well as for private sector lawyers, consultants, information security professionals, digital forensic examiners, and more. It also functions as an excellent course book for educators and trainers. We need more investigators who know how to fight cybercrime, and this book was written to achieve that goal.Authored by two former cybercrime prosecutors with a diverse array of expertise in criminal justice and the private sector, this book is informative, practical, and readable, with innovative methods and fascinating anecdotes throughout. Part I: Understanding Cybercrime, Computers, and CybersecurityChapter 1 The Need for Good Cybercrime Investigators (Introduction)Chapter 2 What is Cybercrime and Why is it CommittedChapter 3 Introduction to Computers, Networks, and ForensicsChapter 4 Introduction to Information Security and CybersecurityPart II: Law for the Cybercrime InvestigatorChapter 5 Fundamental Principles of Criminal and Civil LawChapter 6 Cybercrime Defined: The Criminal Statutes Outlawing Criminal Conduct OnlineChapter 7 The Law Enforcement Legal Toolbox for Investigating Cybercrime (Gathering Cyber Evidence)Chapter 8 Cyber Investigations Linked to Nation-States or TerroristsChapter 9 Civil and Regulatory Legal Implications of Cybercrime (Civil & Regulatory Cyberlaw)Part III: The Cybercrime InvestigationChapter 10 Embarking on a Cybercrime Investigation: The Three Perspectives and Key Areas of FocusChapter 11 General Investigation Methods: Organization, Open Source, Records, and EmailChapter 12 The Private Entity's Cybercrime InvestigationChapter 13 Law Enforcement's Cybercrime InvestigationChapter 14 The Regulator's InvestigationChapter 15 Financial Investigation: Following the Cybercrime MoneyChapter 16 Identification of the Suspect: Attributing Cyber Conduct to a PersonChapter 17 Apprehending the Suspect and the Investigation that FollowsPart IV: Litigation Cybercrime Investigations in Court Chapter 18 Criminal litigationChapter 19 Civil LitigationChapter 20 Conclusion