CSF 3403 - WK4

Conduct your investigation, store evidence, and house your equipment, hardware, and software.

• Provides accreditation of crime and forensics labs worldwide
• Accreditation includes forensics labs that analyze digital evidence
• Audits lab functions and procedures

• Set up processes for managing cases
• Promote group consensus in decision making
• Maintain fiscal responsibility for lab needs
• Enforce ethical standards among lab staff members
• Plan updates for the lab
• Establish and promote quality-assurance processes
• Set reasonable production schedules
• Estimate how many cases an investigator can handle
• Estimate when to expect preliminary and final results
• Create and monitor lab policies for staff
• Provide a safe and secure workplace for staff and evidence

<ul> <li>Knowledge and training (hardware and software, OS and file types, deductive reasoning)</li> <li>Work is reviewed regularly by the lab manager</li> </ul> Signup and view all the answers

<ul> <li>break costs down into monthly, quarterly, and annual expenses. Use past investigation expenses to extrapolate expected future costs.</li> <li>Illustrate different expenses that should be considered when planning a lab budget such as: purchasing hardware and software, renting facility space, training personnel</li> <li>Mention that you should also identify specialized software used with certain crimes</li> <li>Describe the requirements for setting up a lab for a private company, including: HW &amp; SW inventory, problems reported last year, future computer tech. developments</li> <li>Explain some of the storage and network considerations when planning a lab budget.</li> <li>Mention that time management is a major issue when choosing software and hardware to purchase.</li> </ul> Signup and view all the answers

<p>the lab manager</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Certified Forensic Computer Examiner (CFCE) ISC² Certified Cyber Forensics Professional (CCFP) High-Tech Crime Network (HTCN) EnCase Certified Examiner (EnCE) Certification AccessData Certified Examiner (ACE) Certification EC-Council SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security (SANS) Institute Defense Cyber Investigations Training) Academy (DCITA)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>because most of the investigative process is performed at the lab</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>it will help you know when you need to re-order lab supplies</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>a secure facility with special security requirements oriented to preserve the integrity of the evidence data and the work done there</p> Signup and view all the answers