{"id":6565,"date":"2009-10-09T10:09:07","date_gmt":"2009-10-09T14:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=6565"},"modified":"2020-06-16T17:40:35","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T21:40:35","slug":"forensics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/security\/forensics\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Forensics"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"ist_overview\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Overview<\/th>\n<td>Digital forensics involves the examination of electronic devices such as computers after a security incident has occurred, to determine exactly what occurred and how it could be prevented in the future. We offer digital forensic services for University-owned systems after a documented security incident, and such an examination is required when the device contains confidential data that we have a legal or contractual obligation to protect.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Available To<\/th>\n<td>Faculty, Researchers, Staff, Departments<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Benefits<\/th>\n<td>The results of the investigation will provide a more clear understanding of how the incident occurred and what steps can be taken to prevent future occurrences.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Key Features<\/th>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Helps identify the primary causes of an incident<\/li>\n<li>Helps administrators better protect their resources<\/li>\n<li>May identify other vulnerable or compromised systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Requirements<\/th>\n<td>To conduct the examination, we require administrator-level access to any University-owned computer system involved in a computer security incident.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cost<\/th>\n<td>No charge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Getting Started<\/th>\n<td><a class=\"myhelp_activate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/contact\/\">Request a host inspection<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/security\/cyber-security\/sensitive-data\/reporting\/responding\/\">correct steps for responding to a security incident<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Digital forensics involves the examination of electronic devices such as computers after a security incident has occurred, to determine exactly what occurred and how it could be prevented in the future. We offer digital forensic services for University-owned systems after a documented security incident, and such an examination is required when the device contains&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2127,"featured_media":0,"parent":127,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6565"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6565"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128540,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6565\/revisions\/128540"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}