Every organization will eventually deal with cyber-crime. Fraud, intrusion, insider threat, phishing and other cyber-crimes are now a fact of life. If you are an IT or law enforcement professional and don't know how to look for and sort out these cases -- your skills are becoming less valuable every day. SANS developed this site and the related resources to provide a 'home' for those that are focused on computer forensics. You can find advice, research, training, and other resources to unravel incidents and fight crime.

SANS is the most trusted and by far the largest source for information security training and certification in the world. It also develops, maintains, and makes available at no cost, the largest collection of research documents about various aspects of information security.

Proper handling of a forensics investigation is key to fighting back against computer crimes. A through understanding of many areas is required for a proper investigation including: situation; acquisition; analysis; reporting; presenting; and certification.

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