Digital Forensic Methodology

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Executive Summary
High-Tech Pty Ltd is a very reputed technology company who deals with the supply of
logistics like computer and other technical products for various other companies. It grew its
operations and thus became one of the most leading technical logistics company. The
workforce of the company reached a staggering figure of 500 after it was established in 2005.
The organization gave priority towards the business operation and the IT department of the
company was dedicated for that purpose majorly. The factors like integrity and security of the
network system was ignored by the company as a result of this new strategy. The network
system was kept unsecured by this new business strategy. In 2019, the High-Tech Pty Ltd
was receiving complaints about purchase fraud case from its clients. Digital forensic
methodology helps to investigate any type of IT threats of a company and the cyber criminals
are identified by thorough inspection of the affected servers and hard drives. The information
security officer who was contacted by the team leader formed a team of digital forensic
specialist and investigated about the case. The security officer investigated the case and found
out that there was a breach in the network system of the company. Some employees of the
Brisbane branch are identified to be the culprits of this incident. The company's officials
approached and notified the Information Security Officer of this problem. The inquiry
indicates that some of the company's inner staff violated the company's network scheme.

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction............................................................................................................................3
2. Analysis of case study............................................................................................................4
3. Discussion..............................................................................................................................6
3.1. Justification of the use of digital forensic methodology.................................................6
3.2. Description of the resources required to conduct digital forensic methodology............7
3.3. Approach of the investigation for identification of evidence..........................................8
3.4. Approach for the analysis phase of the investigation......................................................9
3.5. Relevant security policies for the Company.................................................................10
3.6. Recommendations to the Company for dealing with similar future problems.............12
4. Conclusion............................................................................................................................14
5. References............................................................................................................................15

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1. Introduction
One of the most leading technology company of Australia named High-Tech Pty Ltd
is a dealer of computers and office equipment. It was established in 2005 and after that the
company grew rapidly and now it has more than 250 employees along with more than 5000
business in and around Australia. High-Tech Pty Ltd gave priority towards the business
operation and the IT department of the company was dedicated for that purpose majorly. The
network environment of the company was neglected due to this incident. Due to the
compromise in the network system of the company the safety systems for preventing
intrusion was neglected.
High-Tech Pty Ltd faced some complaints from the logistics department of its clients.
The clients complained that after the confirmation of the purchase, money got deducted from
their end but they were not delivered with the products. The authorities of the company
contacted the Information Security Officer and informed this issue. The investigation
suggests that the network system of the company was breached by some internal employees
of the company. The employees who are connected to this incident belongs to the Brisbane
branch of High-Tech Pty Ltd.
This report will discuss about the investigation methods and the application of the
digital forensic methodologies applied by the Information Security Officer of the company to
investigate this case. The analysis of the case study is given in this report along with the plan
used for the case study.