On metadata context in Database Forensics

TL;DR: This paper will describe the file format of the MySQL Database 5.1.32 with InnoDB Storage Engine, and explain with a practical example of how to reconstruct the data found in the file system of any SQL table.

TL;DR: This paper proposes common database forensic investigation processes using a design science research approach that allows the reconciliation of the concepts and terminologies of all common database forensics investigation processes and facilitates the sharing of knowledge on database Forensic investigation among domain newcomers, users, and practitioners.

TL;DR: This paper builds on the existing literature to present a harmonized DBFI process using design science research methodology, designed to avoid confusion or ambiguity, as well as providing practitioners with a systematic method of performing DBFI with a higher degree of certainty.

TL;DR: Trends of applications of digital forensics and security at hand in various aspects are looked into and some estimations about future research trends in this area are provided.

TL;DR: Whether you're a digital forensics specialist, incident response team member, law enforcement officer, corporate security specialist, or auditor, this book will become an indispensable resource for forensic investigations, no matter what analysis tools you use.

TL;DR: The file carving problem is analyzed, arguing that rapid, accurate carving is best performed by a multi-tier decision problem that seeks to quickly validate or discard candidate byte strings from the media to be carved.

TL;DR: Live forensics gathers data from running systems, providing additional contextual information that is not available in a disk-only forensic analysis.