Describe both hardware and software tools that might be utilized in such a lab.

Question:
The development of a forensic lab for computers and mobile devices involves numerous specialized tools.

1. Describe both hardware and software tools that might be utilized in such a lab.

Reader should know:
The importance of being able to recognize different types of computer hardware;

The various disk drive interfaces that an investigator can encounter;

The types of devices used to forensically extract data from different storage devices;

The variety of storage media used and how this evidence should be handled and analyzed; and

The use of storage media in actual investigations.