{"id":353,"date":"2025-04-11T01:56:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T01:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/dennisport\/?page_id=353"},"modified":"2025-04-28T19:47:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T19:47:19","slug":"digital-forensics-background","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/dennisport\/digital-forensics-background\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Forensics Background"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/dennisport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38865\/2025\/04\/20250428_134815-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-408\" style=\"width:580px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/dennisport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38865\/2025\/04\/20250428_134815-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/dennisport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38865\/2025\/04\/20250428_134815-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/dennisport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38865\/2025\/04\/20250428_134815-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/dennisport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38865\/2025\/04\/20250428_134815-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/dennisport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38865\/2025\/04\/20250428_134815-2048x1153.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/dennisport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38865\/2025\/04\/20250428_134815-533x300.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Artifact 1: This is a photo of my home lab. It is also the main station for most of my hobbies. I practice my digital forensics abilities by finding mock investigation projects on Digital forensics forums and certification sites. Most of the time, I help family and friends recover old family photos, fix consoles, and fix laptops.\u00a0The Dell tower on the right was an old family computer from 2008 that had some old family photos my mother wanted me to recover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"\" class=\"wp-block-file has-black-background-color has-background\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!selectors.core.file.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/dennisport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38865\/2025\/04\/annotated-Final20Report.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:492px\" aria-label=\"Embed of annotated-Final20Report.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-b49d8d27-afd3-492c-9fca-b2206a85b128\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/dennisport\/digital-forensics-background\/annotated-final20report\/\">annotated-Final20Report<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Artifact 2: This is the submission for my final for Digital Forensics CYSE 407. We were tasked to create a report on suspicious communications between a fictitious public figure and an unknown contact. This assignment challenged me to apply both technical and ethical reasoning while analyzing evidence. I was motivated to add my own touches of creativity when creating the mock evidence to support the report. I felt immersed in the process, and it reinforced my desire for the field. The class taught the importance of paying attention to detail and legal awareness when it comes to digital investigations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"726\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/dennisport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38865\/2025\/04\/unnamed-3-726x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-382\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.8571428571428571;object-fit:cover;width:320px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/dennisport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38865\/2025\/04\/unnamed-3-726x1024.jpg 726w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/dennisport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38865\/2025\/04\/unnamed-3-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/dennisport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38865\/2025\/04\/unnamed-3-768x1084.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/dennisport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38865\/2025\/04\/unnamed-3-1089x1536.jpg 1089w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/dennisport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38865\/2025\/04\/unnamed-3.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 726px) 100vw, 726px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Artifact 3:  This is a photo of my desktop computer. Using money I had saved up from summer jobs, I spent my time at home during quarantine researching to build a cost-effective system. Over time, I\u2019ve upgraded and optimized the system to handle increasingly demanding tasks, video editing, virtual machines, forensic analysis software, and music production. This computer is more than a tool, it represents the time and effort I\u2019ve invested in building a future with technology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artifact 1: This is a photo of my home lab. It is also the main station for most of my hobbies. I practice my digital forensics abilities by finding mock investigation projects on Digital forensics forums and certification sites. 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