Digital forensic lab setup
You are given a task to set up a digital forensic lab for your department. Explain in detail the considerations on:
a. Equipment
b. Security
c. Environment
d. Malicious programs
e. Ongoing costs on hardware and software
Software write-blocker
a. Explain in detail the steps of how you validate a software write blocker tool,
– Thumbscrew: Software USB Write Blocker
– Reference to NIST Computer Forensics Tool Testing
b. On whether this tool is validated as a write-blocking tool used in the context of digital forensic examination.
Forensic imaging
a. Explain what is a forensic image in the context of digital forensics.
b. What are the differences between a forensic copy (forensic clone) and a forensic image?
Slack space
a. Explain what is slack space (general) in the context of digital forensics.
b. Where can slack space (general) be found in a forensic image of a physical hard disk?
c. What is the use of slack space in the context of digital forensic investigation?
Media sterilisation
a. What is media sterilization in the context of digital forensics?
b. Explain in detail, with aid of screenshots, the steps to sterilize a media.
c. How to confirm that it has been sterilized?
d. Why and when should the media sterilization be done?

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