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Zorluk: OrtaDigital Forensics and Chain of Custody

An incident responder is dispatched to preserve evidence from a powered-on corporate database server involved in an ongoing security breach. To ensure evidence integrity and adhere to forensic best practices, which of the following actions should the responder take? (Select TWO.)

  1. Dump volatile system memory (RAM) before shutting down or powering down the system.Cevap
  2. Calculate cryptographic hashes of all acquired disk images immediately after creation and record them in the chain of custody log.Cevap
  3. C
    Power off the server immediately to prevent volatile data from being overwritten by operating system processes.
  4. D
    Encrypt the raw disk image using a public key to ensure non-repudiation of the evidence collector's identity.

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The incident responder must dump volatile system memory (RAM) before powering off the host, and calculate cryptographic hashes of all acquired images immediately after creation to record in the chain of custody log.
Capturing RAM first respects the order of volatility, ensuring transient data like active network connections and running memory artifacts are preserved. Calculating and logging cryptographic hashes immediately establishes baseline evidence integrity for legal chain of custody requirements.

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1
Prioritize evidence acquisition according to the Order of Volatility.
System RAM is dumped first because it loses state when power is lost or operating system processes overwrite memory.
Capturing volatile memory preserves running processes, network connections, and decrypted artifacts stored in RAM.
2
Establish proof of data integrity.
Cryptographic hashes (such as SHA-256) are calculated for the acquired images and documented in the chain of custody log.
Comparing hash values later proves that the forensic copy remains an exact, unaltered duplicate of the original evidence.

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Digital Forensics Evidence Preservation and Chain of Custody Verification
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