CSE3CFN Introduction to Computer Forensics

Question:

You have been employed as part of a cyber security team located in a successful consultancy. Your boss, who does not have a technical background in IT or Cyber Security, has heard that you have studied Computer Forensics as part of your undergraduate degree in cyber security. He is interested in this since he has heard that Forensic Computing could be a new and profitable focus of the consultancy work. He wants to find out about the following issues:

1. Why is it important for general computer security professionals to become familiar with forensic computing and digital evidence? Do they still need broad cyber security skills? Do you think that they will find this work feasible to complete based on their other developed undergraduate skills?
   
   
2. What are the main challenges of investigating computer-related crime?
   
   
3. What are the various methods that data is stored and erased in the Windows environment and how can we access this data and turn it into digital evidence?
   
   
4. If he buys Magnet Axiom for his staff and also gets them trained, what are the basic technical processes that his staff will need to carry out in order to find robust (but not complex) digital evidence for a court or some other kind of investigation.