SANS Investigative Forensic Toolkit| Developer(s) | SANS Institute |
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| Initial release | December 13, 2008 (2008-12-13) |
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| Stable release | 2.1
/ August 4, 2011; 12 years ago (2011-08-04) |
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| Operating system | Ubuntu |
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| Available in | English |
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| Type | Computer forensics |
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| Website | computer-forensics.sans.org |
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The SANS Investigative Forensic Toolkit ("SIFT") is a computer forensics VMware appliance that is pre-configured with all the necessary tools to perform a detailed digital forensic examination. It is compatible with expert witness format (E01), advanced forensic format (AFF), and raw (dd) evidence formats. The new version has been completely rebuilt on an Ubuntu base with many additional tools and capabilities that can match any modern forensic tool suite.
Use
The toolkit has the ability to securely examine raw disks, multiple file systems, and evidence formats. It places strict guidelines on how evidence is examined (read-only), verifying that the evidence has not changed.
File system support
- Windows (MS-DOS, FAT, VFAT, NTFS)
- Mac (HFS)
- Solaris (UFS)
- Linux (ext2/3)
Evidence image support
- Expert Witness (E01/L01)
- RAW (dd)
- Advanced Forensic Format (AFF)
Software
- MantaRay (Automated Forensic Processing), MantaRay's GitHub
- The Sleuth Kit (File system analysis tools)
- log2timeline (timeline generation tool)
- ssdeep & md5deep (hashing tools)
- Foremost/Scalpel (File Carving)
- Wireshark (Network Forensics)
- Vinetto (thumbs.db examination)
- Pasco (IE Web History examination)
- Rifiuti (Recycle Bin examination)
- Volatility Framework (memory analysis)
- DFLabs PTK (GUI front-end for Sleuthkit)
- Autopsy (GUI front-end for Sleuthkit)
- PyFLAG (GUI Log/Disk examination)
References
Further reading
External links
- SANS Digital Forensics and Incident Response web site
Digital forensics |
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| Branches |
- Computer forensics
- Mobile device forensics
- Network forensics
- Database forensics
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| Hardware | |
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| Software |
- ADF Solutions Digital Evidence Investigator
- EnCase
- Foremost
- FTK
- Registry Recon
- PTK Forensics
- The Sleuth Kit
- The Coroner's Toolkit
- COFEE
- HashKeeper
- Xplico
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| Certification |
- Certified Forensic Computer Examiner (CFCE)
- Global Information Assurance Certification
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| Processes |
- Digital forensic process
- Data acquisition
- Digital evidence
- eDiscovery
- Anti-computer forensics
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| Organisations |
- National Software Reference Library
- American Society of Digital Forensics & eDiscovery
- Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center
- National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU)
- Australian High Tech Crime Centre (AHTCC)
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| People |
- Mary Aiken
- Annie Antón
- Rebecca Bace
- Josh Brunty
- Eoghan Casey
- Hany Farid
- Simson Garfinkel
- Clifford Stoll
- Erik Laykin
- Robert Zeidman
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Glossary of digital forensics terms |