Digital Forensics Lab Considerations

physical construction

The ____ of your digital forensics lab is another factor to consider. Your lab should be a safe, secure, lockable room.

secure location

When you must leave evidence unattended overnight, you need a ______ —a room that no unauthorized people can access without your control.

heavy-duty building material

To ensure physical security, examine the facility’s hardware, walls, ceiling, floors, and windows. Make sure only _____has been used in the construction.

Disk components

________ can handle only so much power before they fail and overload the cables connecting the drive to the computer.

exterior

Avoid windows on the lab ____.

telephone

When you’re planning voice and data communications, keep in mind that each examiner needs a ____.

ISDN

the easiest way for lab personnel to handle incoming calls.

LAN

Setting up a ____ for workstations in a lab enables you to transfer data to other examiners easily and makes operations run more smoothly.

WAN

If your organization is part of a _____, consider having a separate computer used only to connect to it to protect the security of your forensic workstations.

servo-voice coil actuators

Computers can also cause fires if a hard disk’s______ freeze because of damage to the drive. When this happens, the head assembly can’t move.