Chain of Custody

 You are a digital forensics intern at Azorian Computer Forensics, a privately owned forensics investigations and data recovery firm in the Denver, Colorado area. Azorian has been called to a client’s site to work on a security incident involving five laptop computers. You are assisting Pat, one of Azorian’s lead investigators. Pat is working with the client’s IT security staff team leader, Marta, and an IT staff member, Suhkrit, to seize and process the five computers. Marta is overseeing the process, whereas Suhkrit is directly involved in handling the computers.

The computers must be removed from the employees’ work areas and moved to a secure location within the client’s premises. From there, you will assist Pat in preparing the computers for transporting them to the Azorian facility.

BACKGROUND

Chain of Custody

Evidence is always in the custody of someone or in secure storage. The chain of custody form documents who have the evidence in their possession at any given time. Whenever evidence is transferred from one person to another or one place to another, the chain of custody must be updated. A chain of custody document shows:

  • What was collected (description, serial numbers, and so on)
  • Who obtained the evidence
  • Where and when it was obtained
  • Who secured it
  • Who had control or possession of it

The chain of custody requires that every transfer of evidence be provable that nobody else could have accessed that evidence. It is best to keep the number of transfers as low as possible.

Chain of Custody Form

Fields in a chain of custody form may include the following: 

  • Case
  • Reason of evidence obtained
  • Name
  • Title
  • Address from person received
  • Location obtained from
  • Date/time obtained
  • Item number
  • Quantity
  • Description

For each evidence item, include the following information:

  • Item number
  • Date
  • Released by (signature, name, title)
  • Received by (signature, name, title)
  • Purpose of chain of custody

For this assignment:

  1. Walk through the process of removal of computers described above from employees’ work areas to the client’s secure location and eventually to the Azorian facility. Who might have possession of the computers during each step? Design a flow chart of the process.
  2. Each transfer of possession requires chain of custody documentation. Each transfer requires a signature from the person releasing the evidence and the person receiving the evidence. Include the from/to information in your diagram or flow chart.

Submission Requirements

  • Format: Microsoft Word Document or PowerPoint (or compatible) or the drawing program of your choice; file saved as a PDF
  • Length: 1–3 pages

Choice Hotels International

Overview
Read the case study, Choice Hotels International.
Instructions
Write a fully developed paper in which you:
 

  1. Assess the two distinct networking functions. 
  2. Analyze the issues Choice is likely to experience as it expands  its network to full global reach. Provide a rationale for your answer. 
  3. Critique Choice implementing free high-speed Internet access  for all guests in its Clarion Hotels and Comfort Suites from the  security point of view. 
  4. Use at least three quality resources in this assignment. Note:  Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.

  • Critique the implementation of free high-speed Internet access for an organization  from the security point of view relative to networking choices and  potential expansion.

Portfolio Project

 Portfolio Project: Please approach this assignment as a Consultant writing a Business Portfolio on the use of a technology discussed in our book for an industry of your choice; it could be your place of employment. Discuss the industry’s current business processes, and explain how their business processes can be improved by utilizing concepts surrounding analytics, data science, or artificial intelligence. Be specific about the type of technology, for example:

  • New Technology – Smart Automation  
  • Specific Technology – Light-Dimming Technology
  • Industry – Energy Saving Industries

Describe the current business situation and how your selected technology can improve their business. Identify the pros and cons of your research paper, in addition to the benefits. Also, identify the various business factors that should be considered before deploying the new technology.

The above submission should be three pages in length.  Remember the total length does not include the APA approved cover page or the references.  There should be at least three APA approved references to support your work.   

ppt/s4

  • What are the differences in protecting data globally versus protecting employee data nationally?
  • Why is protecting employee data essential?
  • What are the effects of improper employee data protection?

Research paper.

 

  • In the previous assignment, the annotated bibliography, you collected 15 – 20 references. Now, you are to craft an analytical research paper for the topic of Mobile HCI. Using the same themes assigned for the previous assignment.
  • Prepare a ten (10) page research paper. In the paper, you are to cover the following: Cover Page Abstract Introduction Key Definitions Review of Literature Findings Future Research Recommendations Conclusion Bibliography 
  • Note: you should go BEYOND the citations you found. Try to add at least 7 – 10 additional sources. In the paper, your goal is to understand the topic relative to interaction design, usability, and/or user experience. Try and tighten the research scope, if possible, to a specific business domain as a laser-focused research paper generally yields the very best results

Help

MY FIELD OF STUDY = IT

Research a product or service relevant to your chosen field of study. You will be creating a hierarchical process map, consisting of three levels, that could be provided to a development team to follow to ensure that the intellectual property is protected. The process map will be focused on opportunities for intellectual property (IP) protection within the context of the creation of a new product or service relevant to your field of study. Proper protection for products/services often requires multiple forms of protection. Map out the process of appropriate protection of intellectual property, making sure to consider the legal processes involved. It is important to select the correct tool for the creation of a quality process map and the corresponding presentation. 

1. Create a process map to describe intellectual property protection within the context of the creation a new product or service relevant to your field of study. Your map should include a minimum of 10 process steps.

2. Describe the intellectual property protection mechanism required to protect your product.

3. How is this intellectual property captured, registered, and/or protected?

4. Clear inputs/outputs.

5. Clear scope definition.

6. Incorporate at least one subprocess.

7. In addition, in a minimum of 200 words, articulate and demonstrate how teamwork is integrated into, and supports an organization. 

 NOTE: Each question should be a heading 

Research paper management

Project to implement the website which consists of research papers and functionalities includes sorting and searching the desired paper using REACT. Must include

>authentication

>database consisting of user details and uploaded research papers

>paper should be of editable pdf format 

> sorting functions includes based on keyword, year, and techniques used