Parasram - Digital Forensics with Kali Linux: Perform data acquisition, digital investigation, and threat analysis using Kali Linux tools

BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI

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First published: December 2017

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ISBN 978-1-78862-500-5

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Shiva V.N. Parasram is an IT and cybersecurity professional with 13 years of experience in IT security and over 5 years in penetration testing and digital forensics investigations and training. Some of his qualifications include an MSc. in Network Security (Distinction), CEH, CHFI, ECSA, CEI, CCNA, ACE, and NSE. Having been the Director and CISO of his own company, the Computer Forensics and Security Institute (CFSI), since 2011, he has carried out investigations and pentesting for some of the largest private companies in the Caribbean. As a Certified EC-Council Instructor (CEI), he has also trained many people in the banking and private sectors, the Ministry of National Security, and protective services in Trinidad and Tobago, and also lectures in digital forensics at the postgraduate level.

Dale Joseph is a digital forensic expert with over 9 years of experience in high technology investigations in Trinidad and Tobago. He has over 19 years of law enforcement and fraud investigative experience and has been involved in numerous high-profile technology-based investigations. Dale is the cofounder of DTECTT Digital Forensics Limited, which was formed to address the need for technology-based investigations, e-discovery, and cybersecurity in the private sector of Trinidad and Tobago. Currently, he performs the role of the companys senior technical consultant. His areas of expertise include the following:

• Wireless and VOIP investigations
• Investigative scripting
• Open source and internet investigations
• Network forensics
• Computer forensics
• Live data forensics
• Mobile forensics
• Malware investigations

Dale holds a BSc in computer science from the University of Hertfordshire, England, and an MSc in forensic computing and cyber crime investigations from University College Dublin, Ireland. He has attended several digital forensics/cyber crime investigation training courses in the United States, Europe, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Dale is also a certified digital forensics trainer and has conducted several workshops/seminars that have trained members of law enforcement, the private sector, and government entities in Trinidad and Tobago in the areas of technology-based investigations, cyber security, and internet safety. He has collaborated with law enforcement agencies in the Caribbean and Latin America regarding cyber crime investigations. Dale loves to travel and is an avid reader; he is also a huge fan of reggae music and good food, particularly Chinese and Caribbean cuisine.