Brooks - CHFI Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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This book is dedicated to my wife, Helyn Pultz.

Charles Brooks, MsCIS, CISSP, CEH, CHFI, CTT+, CCNA, CWNA, CWSP, is a writer and educator with a background in IT that spans 30 years, with the last 15 years in information security and education. Since 1998, he has been involved in information security, first as a technical lead for the VPN Advantage IPsec-managed service at Genuity, Inc., and then as overall software architect for the project. At EMC, Charles developed and delivered computer-based and instructor-based training in general information security and storage security. At RSA, Charles developed courses in cloud security fundamentals, network analysis, and advanced analysis and forensics. He has written and contributed to several technical training books, as well as continued to develop graduate-level courses in network security, secure software development, software security testing, and securing virtualized and cloud infrastructures. Charles has taught at several colleges and technical institutes in the Greater Boston area, and currently teaches at Brandeis University in the Rabb School/GPS MSIS program, as well as facilitating online courses at Boston University. Charles is currently the owner/principal consultant at Security Technical Education.

Bobby E. Rogers is an information security engineer working for a major hospital in the southeastern United States. His previous experience includes working as a contractor for Department of Defense agencies, helping to secure, certify, and accredit their information systems. His duties include information system security engineering, risk management, and certification and accreditation efforts. He retired after 21 years in the United States Air Force, serving as a network security engineer and instructor, and has secured networks all over the world. Bobby has a masters degree in information assurance (IA), and is pursuing a doctoral degree in IA from Capitol College, Maryland. His many certifications include CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+, CompTIA Security+, and CompTIA Mobility+ certifications, as well as CISSP-ISSEP, CEH, and MCSE: Security.

First of all, thanks to Carole Jelen, my literary agent at Waterside Productions, for putting me in contact with Meghan Manfre, my acquisitions editor at McGraw-Hill Education, and to Meghan for getting this process started and bringing me up to speed. Mary Demery, my acquisitions coordinator, kept me on the straight and narrow and offered guidance and encouragement throughout the project. Thanks as well to Raghavi Khullar, associate project manager at Cenveo Publisher Services, who shepherded this book through copy editing and production, and to Lisa McCoy for copy editing the manuscript and making my tortured prose less so. Im sure that there are others at McGraw-Hill Education who have worked on this book, and I thank them for their contributions as well.

A huge measure of thanks is due to my technical editor, Bobby Rogers. Bobby provided a wealth of constructive criticism and suggestions on how to improve the material, as well as pointing out areas that I needed to clarify and expand. The book is better because of his contributions, and Im a better writer for having worked with him. I wont forget the three-sentences rule!