Digital Forensic Diaries: Racing for Answers

by Mike Sheward

Digital forensics is one of the most exciting and challenging areas of the modern day information security field. Digital Forensic Diaries allows you to follow a digital forensics investigator through the half-scientific, half-artistic process that leads to cracking cases without any physical evidence. Based on the author's real world experiences, the diaries tell fictionalized versions of security incidents and subsequent investigations. A must-listen for anyone interested in computer security or the digital forensics field.

In this episode, our investigator works with a world-renowned motor racing team to investigate potential sabotage from within. Could a malicious insider be damaging their cars, costing them races and millions of dollars in prize money? The team, unable to find physical evidence of sabotage, turns to Parker Foss and his trusty digital forensics kit to look for a signs that someone isn't being a team player.

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First published April 6, 2014

About the author

Mike Sheward CISSP, CISM, CCFP-US, CISA, HCISPP, CEH, OSCP, CHFI is a Chief Information Security Officer. Specializing in the use of ethical hacking techniques to uncover vulnerabilities in application source code and network infrastructure. Mike has performed penetration testing for a wide range of public and private sector clients, been involved in a number of digital forensics investigations and delivered information security training to fellow IT professionals.