Final Project
PART ONE
Interviews are referred as a professional conversation that is conducted with specific goal or purpose in mind. Hence the main aim of an interview is to gather more evidence through the facts and other relevant information supplied by the witnesses. Therefore for an interview (which is usually conducted throughout a particular investigation) to be successful, the interview need to obtain some background information and data about the witnesses, potential suspects and also the subject matter of investigation. In addition, interrogation is described as the process of questioning an individual with some force. In also includes the act of moving towards the denial of a confession or incident. Hence for any interview to be successful there should be an objective interviewer, relevant questions and also strategic planning. The text will, therefore, answer some important question regarding the Greenwood Company.
Question One: Provide a list of people you believe should be interviewed for this investigation
In order for the InfoSec Specialist for the Greenwood Company to obtain relevant information during the investigation that he can use as evidence in the court of law, he needs to interview several people he believes will assist in the investigation. Some of the people that should be interviewed include Mr. McBride himself, his wife or fiancé because she might have seen or heard anything that will be useful during the investigation (Wang, 2007). Thirdly is Mr. McBride’s co-worker, who might have seen the unusual behavior of Mr. McBride or seen anything suspicious. Fourthly are the cleaning staffs that have been cleaning and washing Mr. McBride’s office and desks during his course of employment. In addition, several stakeholders of the company need to be interviewed and interrogated so that he can obtain credible information that is not biased (Wang, 2007). Other people that should be interviewed include heads of different departments, human resource manager who employed him, chain managers of the organizations who are responsible for the daily operations of the enterprise. Finally, Mr. Bob, Maria Flores and also the security officer who can indicate anyone who has been visiting Mr. McBride for the last few days or any relevant information to be used during the investigation. Furthermore, will also interview the forensic examiner and Mr. Jenkins Hence one needs to interview the neutral witness’s first then interview the corroborating witnesses next (Wang, 2007).
Question Two: Provide a narrative description of the interview setting and the intended process, before, during, and following the interview.
The setting of an interview needs to be conducive where the respondents that are going to be interviewed need to feel safe and are in an effective position to articulate all the survey questions at hand and also providing responses that represent the importance of the event. Therefore, the interviewing setting needs to an environment and an atmosphere that will help the interviewer to be able to communicate freely. The setting should also be in a good physical condition in term of the temperature, size, and ventilation and also light. Finally, the seating techniques should allow also allow the interviewee and the interviewer to be comfortable equally and an appropriate distance is established to establish or maintain an eye contact.
When the interview process has been executed effectively and properly, it will have features before, during and also after the entire interview. Before the interview, its process involves preparation, planning and then practice. It is because it is vital for one to understand and know the important and relevant questions to ask that pertains to the investigation at hand. Therefore the specialist should plan by organizing and gathering pertinent document that is relevant to the interview. Also, he or she should obtain information or data concerning the individual being interviewed. Then, they should prepare adequately so that he or she can be able to capture relevant questions about that particular interview. He or she should also be prepared to handle the survey questions presented. Finally, they should practice adequately to be familiar with the questions and also how they will handle the situation at hand.
During the interview, the specialist needs to establish a good rapport during the initial contact. Secondly, pay great attention to the depth of the discussion and answers, thoughtfulness, attitude and body language of the person being interviewed. Then the specialist can also take good notes or record the interview for reference during the investigation. The specialist should also exhibit professional and courteous behavior and appearance at all times. Furthermore, after the interview, the interviewer needs to listen to his or her instinct. Check his or her notes and records and analyze the vital information that relates to the investigation. Finally, he or she should do a follow up on the interviewee to see if their statements are different to what they said during the interview.
Question Three: Explain to the management why these stages are important to a successful interview and investigation.
Interviewing stages are very vital in an investigation process since they assist in investigating some issues or facts in depth way. The stages also assist in discovering how a person feels and thinks about a given scenario. The stages are also used for resource allocation, strategic planning and also in making an informed decision. It also assists in adding some human dimension to the impersonal data. Assist in explaining statistical data and deepening our understanding of a given case or situation. They allow the specialist to records the owners own words. Assist in achieving high response rates from the interviewer. The ambiguities answers can be clarified as well as incomplete answers being followed up. Finally, the stages in interviewing process assist in obtaining precise wording that is tailored to the respondent and also the precise meaning of the questions are also being clarified.
PART TWO
Question One
When Mr. McBride’s fiancé hands over the thumb drive to me, I will handle the thumb drive with care and with the same procedure as I did before. That is gloves, which’s of custody log and also documents any necessary information about the handed thumb drive such as its serial code and name. It is because I will want to preserve the physical evidence like the fingerprints. Then will send the thumb drive to the lab and ask the person in charge to identify all the information and documentation that relates to “Project X†that Mr. McBride might have stored in it. Then the lab can also obtain any of the financial statement which shows any transactions that are out of the ordinary. Finally, the lab can obtain any vital information such as contact details of individuals who I believe could be involved in the case. It is vital to obtain this kind of information since they will assist in the investigation of the intellectual property theft and also document the obtain evidence that will be used against Mr. McBride in court. Also, I would instruct the lab to use the software to detect any of the hidden or partially deleted spaces on the thumb drive.
Question Two
First, I would recommend a search to be conducted in all the areas that Mr. McBride accessed to hiding or storing information. The places include his locker where we could obtain the thumb drive, small notes that may contain the name and contact of the people who could be involved. If his locker is locked, the company management can get involved and break to search (Robbins, 2008). It is because, the locker is the property of the company, and the enterprise has the power to conduct the search on it. Common areas within the company such as break room, rooms where digital media and files are kept or stored can also be searched. In these places, one can obtain important files that Mr McBride might have kept that relate to the theft of the intellectual property rights and also any device that can store data that relate to the case (Robbins, 2008).
In addition, another location that is eligible for the company search is the security room that contains all the day to day videos from the CCTV. Here the InfoSec Specialist can obtain the media and review any of the CCTV footage that will show any suspicious action or movement of Mr. McBride’s within the institution (Robbins, 2008). Areas or locations that will involve or require police involvements is Mr. McBride’s house, car, his new working office and his personal belonging such as the laptop and mobile phone. Here the law enforcement agency needs to interview with a legal and appropriate search warrant that will assist them to obtain any evidence that will be useful during the investigation and in accordance with the intellectual property rights case (Workplace Fairness, 2016).
Question Three
For the evidence to remain unaltered there is specific precaution that the forensic examiner needs to take. It is because preservation of particular evidence is very important if one needed to make the evidence admissible in the court of law. It is an action that includes developing and creating the forensically correct copy of desired media presented and can be achieved by obtaining the bit-stream image of the entire original information/data (Henry, 2009). Therefore the step one can take to make an image copy from the original data is by the use of one device which will ensure that the requirements of preserving the evidence are met, and that is the physical write blocker device.
It is a device that will prevent any alteration or modification of the original proof. Hence the image process is then performed where the original storage medium or the thumb drive (either external storage or hard drive device) to the write-blocker (Henry, 2009). Then the write blocker will be attached to the forensic workstation. After it has been attached to the forensic workstation, the forensic examiner will then use special software that will be employed so as to create or develop the forensic image that will be used as one of the evidence in the court of law (Henry, 2009).
Question Four
To: H. Jenkins,
HR Management
From: (your name)
Greenwood Company Digital Forensics Examiner
Re: Three Forensic Examination/Analysis (Software) Tools
As the digital forensic examiner of Greenwood Company, I am glad that the enterprise is recognizing the essence of the forensic readiness. Therefore, the three important software tools that I recommend for the company to add and keep in their budget for the following year include;
1) EnCase is a computer forensic software that comes from or manufactured by the guidance software. It is the world’s leading answer for forensics and computer investigation. Hence it is a commercial software package that allows the investigator to examine and image data from devices such as palm PDAs, removable media like the CDs and Floppy disk and the hard drives (Software, 2016). The software is used to create the image of the medium presented such as hard disk. The image is then called the Evidence File in the EnCase is then analyzed by use of EnCase program. In addition, the software allows a forensic examiner to transcribe small scripts or programs that perm highly customized search an also filtering of information or data that has been imaged by a device (Software, 2016).
2) Vogon Forensic Software is software that was developed and manufactured by Vogon International. It is imaging software that is used to develop and create an exact replica of information or data on the drive or devices which can later be indexed by processing software so as to allow easy and fast searching by the components of investigation (U.S. Department of Justice, 2008).
3) Belkasoft is evidence analysis and search software for digital data that is manufactured by the Belkasoft Evidence Centre. It is software that has been trusted by thousands of the expert globally. It is a forensic solution for analyzing, extracting, locating and acquiring digital evidence that is stored on mobile devices and computers (U.S. Department of Justice, 2008). In addition, it is a tool that quickly extracts the digital evidence from the multiple sources through analysis of the chip-off dumps, JTAG, UFED, Android and Blackberry backups, Ios, memory dumps, drive images and hard drives. Furthermore, it will lay out vital forensic artifacts from the devices for the investigators to examine even more closely, review or even add to the report.
Therefore, these tools also meet the standards of the Daubert because they provide the rule of the evidence which regards to the admissibility of the expert witnesses testified that is conducted during federal legal proceedings.
Question Five
Being the digital forensic examiner, I used the hash values so as to assist and help me in locating the source code that was on the thumb drive. Where hashing is referred as the process of generating the values or value from the string of the text by the use of the mathematical function (Ensuring Data Integrity with Hash Codes, 2016). It uses an algorithm to be able to create a certain value from the original source that is prior to transmission or storage. In addition, the hash value created can also be used to create another different hash that will be used to compare it with the first hash value. Hence it can be used in proving the integrity of the data in evidence and providing digital fingerprints. Furthermore, the hash value can also be seen as the way of encryption or cryptography.
Hashing is used in this case by developing and creating the hash value for the company’s original or unique source code and also creates the hash value of the source code of Mr. McBride’s thumb drive. These two hash values are compared with each other and when they became identical and the source codes then match, it means that the source code that was found on the evidence that is the thumb drive is actually the “Product X†(intellectual property) of the Greenwood Company that Mr. McBride actually stole. Therefore, when I made the thumb drive forensic image, I copied all the data that was in Mr. McBride’s drive to a different and clean drive. Then I connected the clean thumb drive to a write-blocker. During the copying process, the hash drive was also recording. Finally, when I compared the two source code, I verified that they were matching, where I come to a conclusion that the source code that was in Mr. McBride thumb drive is indeed the “Product X†that belong to the Greenwood Company (Ensuring Data Integrity with Hash Codes, 2016).
In addition, the hash value can also be used for different purposes in the content of the digital forensics. For example, the hash value can use in verifying the veracity of the messages that are sent through any unsecured means. They are also used for evidence authentication and file identification. Hence it is a unique tool to specific information or data and cannot be duplicated. It is because when the data changes in any way. The hash value also changes so as to pair with the existing digital file. Finally, it is used at the beginning when evidence is obtained and also at the end so as to ensure evidence integrity (Keana, 2013).
Question Six
Since there is clear evidence that the source code that was found on Mr. McBride’s thumb drive is actually the source code for Greenwood Company (Adams, 2004). It indicates a crime was committed and law enforcement agency need to be involved. In addition, there is a clue that Mr. McBride might have emailed the source code of “product X†to his own personal email, the law enforcement needs to be involved who will come with a legal search warrant that will be used in searching his personal email to see who was send the source code and whether it was actually sent. In addition, when the crime is reported to the law enforcement, the material containing the company source code can be seized and confiscated by the police, which will assist in reducing risk in the company (Adams, 2004). The police report could also be used by the Greenwood Company to convalesce the company losses through insurance.
Furthermore, the crime should be reported since the company source code has been considering being an intellectual property, and the stealing of any intellectual property in a crime punishable by law. Mr. McBride is then charged by with the criminal copyright infringement and is punishable by a fine that does not exceed $250000 and imprisonment of about three years (Adams, 2004). Mr. McBride can also be charged by law with pre-release of the criminal copyright infringement because the source code of “product X†was not yet released by the Greenwood Company. Additionally, private companies are not supposed to report crimes to the law enforcement because of the law enforcement deals with public sectors and the society (Adams, 2004). Moreover, there is a certain circumstance where they can employ the law enforcement where the theft conducted is found in the company law and is punishable by law.’
Question Seven
An expert witness is decided as an individual who has become a specialist in a particular subject. The expert witness is also an individual who may present or give his or her opinion without being a witness in any occurrence that relates to the criminal case. Hence there is the importance of one the being an expert witness (Schwarz, 2004). It is vital to be an expert witness because one’s opinion is usually based on the person’s experience or skills, certification, training and virtue of education. In addition, it is also important because their opinion is also based on four major criteria: first, the expert has applied the methods and principles to facts of cases (Schwarz, 2004). Secondly, the testimony of the witness is a product of the reliable methods and principles. Thirdly, the testimony of the expert witness is based on enough or sufficient data or facts. Finally, his or her knowledge assist the judge and the jury in determining the facts and understand the evidence.
The expert witness is actually different from a fact witness because, the expert witness does not need to observe and understand the situation so as to participate on the case (Schwarz, 2004). On the other hand, the fact witness has only the knowledge of what he or she has witnessed or observed in a particular situation by the use of their five senses only. They can also be called the material witness since they provide their truth statements based on their own perception regarding a given crime or event (Schwarz, 2004).
Question Eight
Even though McBride has violated the policy of the company, depending on the enterprise handbook, it may not be the committed crime. Therefore, the company should conduct an internal investigation unless he had purposefully repossessed the property of the organization with an intention to commit the crime (Wang, 2007). But is the case is handed over to the law, McBride will be taken to trial and I as the forensic examiner will act as an expert witness to present facts of the presented evidence. Hence in the preparation of the trial, I will practice and respond to the question that respond to the prosecutor be typing the transcript for my response.
Prosecutor: “how can I know from your work that your analysis should be accepted?â€
Answer: my analysis my profession an also my integrity is on the line. Therefore, the process I used in collecting the evidence and how I handle and document the evidence followed the industrial standards and practices so as to preserve the state and originality of the evidence. In addition, I also correctly filed chain of custody the moment the evidence was brought to me and in my possession. In addition, all the evidences that I have gathered in relation to this case was obtained and retrieved with rightful procedure, standards and laws, hence they were not selective.
Prosecutor: “how do we know you are not biased in this case, choosing to report only what would help law enforcement and your company’s bottom line?â€
Answer: as the company expert witness, I assure you all that own professional activities does not at all conflict with my own personal goals. I respect the community, law enforcement and also believe that they both should be recognized and applauded for the best work they have done. Moreover, my work needs me to uphold the morals and standards of the company policies and local statues to report any of the wrongdoings such as theft. Hence according to my knowledge in relation to the case, and my extensive qualification, I have been called here as an expert witness to the case to prevent facts of the evidence.
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/in Uncategorized /by JosephMultigenerational communities are being built all around the United States. Even Jimmy Buffett has created one in Florida. With such a hectic life, many people yearn for a return to a simpler way of living, where there is very little mental stress and health and well-being are promoted through community gardens, art, cultural activities, and physical health. For an example, review the information on Serenbe, a multigenerational community near Atlanta, Georgia, located in this week’s resources.
After reviewing this week’s resources, conduct further research on other multigenerational communities that promote positive emotions, diversity, a sense of community, inclusion and thriving. How do they attract LGBTQ families or minorities? What kind of activities, resources, worship centers, etc. would be attractive? Be sure to conduct additional research for scholarly articles in the library as well. These articles could be related to these types of communities or how diversity is celebrated in any structure, organized community.
Develop an annotated bibliography with your research results. Incorporate at least 10 peer-reviewed studies from the last 5 years, unless they are historical or seminal. After each annotation, indicate how the study might inform the proposal for your Signature Assignment.
Following your annotated bibliography, include a paragraph that details the primary role of the community and why that type of community appeals to you for the final project. Remember, for the Signature Assignment, you will draft a proposal for developers who build vibrant communities for multigenerational groups. Think about the type of vision you have for this community after reviewing the Serenbe Community and conducting your research for this assignment.
Length: Annotated Bibliography plus paragraph for the Signature Assignment, but not including title and reference pages
References: Include a minimum of 10 scholarly resources
Your assignment should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards where appropriate.
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Chapter 8 – Vitamins
·Differentiate between fat soluble and water soluble vitamins
·Describe the function of antioxidant vitamins
·Explain the factors that can destroy vitamins, and how to prevent this
·Define and describe the major functions, food sources, deficiencies, and toxicities of the fat and water soluble vitamins
Cancer
·Define cancer
·Define carcinogen and explain how cancer develops
·List risk factors for developing cancer
·List methods of reducing cancer risk
·Define phytochemicals and explain where they are found and how they may help to decrease cancer risk
Chapter 9 – Minerals
·Describe the differences between vitamins and minerals
·List factors that affect absorption ofminerals
·Define and describe hypertension and explain how it is influenced by dietary factors
·Define and describe osteoporosis and explain how it is influenced by dietary factors
·Define and describe the major functions, food sources, deficiencies and toxicities of the minerals
Water
·Explain why water is considered the most important nutrient
·List and describe the functions of water
·List the components of fluid balance and describe how they are affected
·Describe the consequences of drinking too little or too much fluid
·BPA and concern
Alcohol
·Define what makes up a standard alcoholic ‘drink’
·List reasons why people drink alcohol
·List possible health benefits of alcohol consumption
·Explain the process of alcohol absorption and metabolism
·Define BAC
·Compare and contrast the effects alcohol has on men vs. women
·List and describe the physiological and behavioral consequences of drinking alcohol
·Explain how alcohol affects nutrients and energy balance
·Explain the effects of alcohol on the liver
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/in Uncategorized /by JosephMatthew Yachts, Inc.
Matthew Yachts, located in Montauk, Long Island, manufactured sailing yachts of all descriptions. The company had begun by building custom-designed yachts for a largely New York-based clientele. Custom-designed yachts still accounted for three-fifths of Matthew’s unit sales and four-fifths of its dollar sales and earnings. Over the years, as Matthew Yachts’ reputation for quality design and workmanship spread, sales broadened to cover all of the eastern seaboard.
In an effort to capitalize on this increased recognition and to secure a piece of the fastest growing market in sailing, Matthew Yachts began manufacturing a new standard, fixed-design craft. Matthew attacked only the high end of this market, as the boat measured 37 feet long. Nevertheless, even this end of the market was more price-sensitive and less conscious of performance than Matthew Yacht’s custom-design customers were.
All of the company’s yachts were manufactured at the Montauk plant and shared the same equipment and skilled labor force. Custom designs were given priority in scheduling, and the new boat was rotated into the schedule only when demand slackened. As sales of the fixed-design boat increased, however, scheduling the new boat on a regular basis became necessary.
Matthew Yachts were built basically from the bottom up. Fabricating hulls was the first step. Increasingly, fiberglass hulls were demanded for their speed and easy maintenance. Afterward came the below-deck woodworking, followed by the fiberglass and woodworking on the deck itself. The masts were turned and drilled separately. Masts and hull were then joined and the finish work completed.
Over the past year, as the fixed-design craft continued its steady increase in sales, costs and deliveries began to slide precipitously, especially on the fixed-design yachts. During this period, when push came to shove, construction of the fixed-design craft always yielded time and resources to the higher-profit-margin custom designs. As a result, many fixed-design yachts were strewn around the yard in various stages of construction. Moreover, space in the existing shipyard was becoming scarce, and a plant expansion of one sort or another appeared inevitable.
Discussion Question
1. Should Matthew Yachts, Inc. stay in the business of building standard, fixed-design yachts?
2. If Matthew Yachts does so, how should it continue?
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/in Uncategorized /by JosephDecide whether the statement makes sense. Explain your reasoning.
1. My annual income after tax is only $25,000. I need to cut back on my non essential spending. Something has to go either the mango smoothies, the movies, or the vacation. I figure it’s the vacation that is i making the biggest dent in my budget. I take a vacation once a year which costs about $1100. I go to the movies once a week and spend a total of $17 and I have a mango smoothie every day at my favorite cafe. It costs $4.50 plus tax.
2. Steve is planning to open a saving account either at Quarterly
3. I have a fixed-rate 30-year mortgage of 120,000 at 7%. I inherited some money recently. If I pay off my mortgage in 20 years instead of 30, the total amount of interest I will end up paying will be less.
4. I have a 30-year mortgage and have been paying it off for 5 years now so I should have paid off about one sixth of the principal by now.
5. I make only the minimum required payments on my credit card balance each month, because that way I’ll save money in the long run.
6. If interest rates stay at 4% APR and continue to make my monthly $25 deposits into my retirement plan, I should be able to retire in 30 years with comfortable income.
Part II: BASIC SKILLS AND CONCEPTS. Write out all formulas used.
The expenses and income of an individual are given in table form. FInd the net monthly cash flow (it could be positive or negative). Assume salaries and wages are after taxes, that 1 month=4 weeks, and that 1 year= 12 months. Round your answer to the nearest dollar.
7)
Income
Expenses
Part-time job: $800/ month
Student loan: $7500/year
Scholarship: $4600/year
Rent: $540/month
Groceries: $65/week
Tuition and fees: $3200 twice a year
Entertainment: $160/month
Use the information below to answer questions 8 and 9
You currently drive 360 miles per week in a car that gets 20 miles per gallon of gas. You are considering buying a new fuel-efficient car for 12,000 (after trade-in on your current car) that gets 60 miles per gallon. Insurance premiums for the new and old car are $900 and $600 per year, respectively. You anticipate spending $1400 per year on repairs for the old car and having no repairs on the new car. Assume gas costs 3.50 per gallon.
8) Over a five-year period, how much does it cost to operate and maintain your old car.
9) Over a five year period, how much would it cost to purchase, operate, and maintain the new car you are considering buying? Is it less expensive to keep the old car or buy the new
Car?
Find the monthly interest payments in the situation described. Assume that the monthly interest rates are 1/12 of annual interest rates.
10) Ashton maintains an average balance of $1000 on his credit card which carries an annual interest rate of 15%
Use the given principal, interest rate, and time period to answer questions 11 and 12
Principal: $9500 Rate:4.6% Years: 3
11) Determine the amount of interest that would be earned in an account paying simple interest.
12) Determine the amount of interest that would be earned in an account, With interest compounded annually. How much more interest would be earned in the compound interest account compared to the simple interest account?
Solve the problem.
13) Suppose you start saving today for a $30,000 down payment that you plan to make on a house in 15 years. Assume that you make no deposits into the account after your initial deposits. The account has monthly compounding and APR of 4%. How much would you need to deposit now to reach your $30,000 goal in 15 years.
14) You put $334 per month in an investment plan that pays an APR of 4%. How much money will you have after 25 years.
15) For the investment plan in question 14, what is the total amount that you deposited to the account over the time period? How much did you earn in interest?
For the loan described, calculate the portions of the payments that go to principal and to interest during the first 2 months, and the new balance after each payment. Show all work and fill in the table.
16) Make an amortization tale showing the portions of the payments that go to the principal and to interest, and the new balance after each payment, during the first 2 months for a home mortgage of $106,974 with a fixed APR of 7.0% for 20 years. Hint: Find the monthly payment first.
Payment Number
Interest
Principal
Balance
0
106,974
1
2
Part III: Further Applications. You must show . Write all formulas and values used.
17) Suppose you have the following three student loans.:
$10,000 with an APR of 6.5% for 15 years
$15,000 with an APR of 7% for 20 years
$12,500 with an APR of 7.5% for 10 years
b. Calculate the total you’ll pay in payments during the life of all three loans combined.
c. A bank offers to consolidate your three loans into a single loan with an APR of 6.5% and a loan term of 15 years. What will your monthly payments be in that case? What will your total [payments be over the 15 years.
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/in Uncategorized /by Josephread the reading attached and answer the question clearly. Also respond to both students separately at least in one complete paragraph for each.
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i need you to paraphrase the following
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PART ONE
Interviews are referred as a professional conversation that is conducted with specific goal or purpose in mind. Hence the main aim of an interview is to gather more evidence through the facts and other relevant information supplied by the witnesses. Therefore for an interview (which is usually conducted throughout a particular investigation) to be successful, the interview need to obtain some background information and data about the witnesses, potential suspects and also the subject matter of investigation. In addition, interrogation is described as the process of questioning an individual with some force. In also includes the act of moving towards the denial of a confession or incident. Hence for any interview to be successful there should be an objective interviewer, relevant questions and also strategic planning. The text will, therefore, answer some important question regarding the Greenwood Company.
Question One: Provide a list of people you believe should be interviewed for this investigation
In order for the InfoSec Specialist for the Greenwood Company to obtain relevant information during the investigation that he can use as evidence in the court of law, he needs to interview several people he believes will assist in the investigation. Some of the people that should be interviewed include Mr. McBride himself, his wife or fiancé because she might have seen or heard anything that will be useful during the investigation (Wang, 2007). Thirdly is Mr. McBride’s co-worker, who might have seen the unusual behavior of Mr. McBride or seen anything suspicious. Fourthly are the cleaning staffs that have been cleaning and washing Mr. McBride’s office and desks during his course of employment. In addition, several stakeholders of the company need to be interviewed and interrogated so that he can obtain credible information that is not biased (Wang, 2007). Other people that should be interviewed include heads of different departments, human resource manager who employed him, chain managers of the organizations who are responsible for the daily operations of the enterprise. Finally, Mr. Bob, Maria Flores and also the security officer who can indicate anyone who has been visiting Mr. McBride for the last few days or any relevant information to be used during the investigation. Furthermore, will also interview the forensic examiner and Mr. Jenkins Hence one needs to interview the neutral witness’s first then interview the corroborating witnesses next (Wang, 2007).
Question Two: Provide a narrative description of the interview setting and the intended process, before, during, and following the interview.
The setting of an interview needs to be conducive where the respondents that are going to be interviewed need to feel safe and are in an effective position to articulate all the survey questions at hand and also providing responses that represent the importance of the event. Therefore, the interviewing setting needs to an environment and an atmosphere that will help the interviewer to be able to communicate freely. The setting should also be in a good physical condition in term of the temperature, size, and ventilation and also light. Finally, the seating techniques should allow also allow the interviewee and the interviewer to be comfortable equally and an appropriate distance is established to establish or maintain an eye contact.
When the interview process has been executed effectively and properly, it will have features before, during and also after the entire interview. Before the interview, its process involves preparation, planning and then practice. It is because it is vital for one to understand and know the important and relevant questions to ask that pertains to the investigation at hand. Therefore the specialist should plan by organizing and gathering pertinent document that is relevant to the interview. Also, he or she should obtain information or data concerning the individual being interviewed. Then, they should prepare adequately so that he or she can be able to capture relevant questions about that particular interview. He or she should also be prepared to handle the survey questions presented. Finally, they should practice adequately to be familiar with the questions and also how they will handle the situation at hand.
During the interview, the specialist needs to establish a good rapport during the initial contact. Secondly, pay great attention to the depth of the discussion and answers, thoughtfulness, attitude and body language of the person being interviewed. Then the specialist can also take good notes or record the interview for reference during the investigation. The specialist should also exhibit professional and courteous behavior and appearance at all times. Furthermore, after the interview, the interviewer needs to listen to his or her instinct. Check his or her notes and records and analyze the vital information that relates to the investigation. Finally, he or she should do a follow up on the interviewee to see if their statements are different to what they said during the interview.
Question Three: Explain to the management why these stages are important to a successful interview and investigation.
Interviewing stages are very vital in an investigation process since they assist in investigating some issues or facts in depth way. The stages also assist in discovering how a person feels and thinks about a given scenario. The stages are also used for resource allocation, strategic planning and also in making an informed decision. It also assists in adding some human dimension to the impersonal data. Assist in explaining statistical data and deepening our understanding of a given case or situation. They allow the specialist to records the owners own words. Assist in achieving high response rates from the interviewer. The ambiguities answers can be clarified as well as incomplete answers being followed up. Finally, the stages in interviewing process assist in obtaining precise wording that is tailored to the respondent and also the precise meaning of the questions are also being clarified.
PART TWO
Question One
When Mr. McBride’s fiancé hands over the thumb drive to me, I will handle the thumb drive with care and with the same procedure as I did before. That is gloves, which’s of custody log and also documents any necessary information about the handed thumb drive such as its serial code and name. It is because I will want to preserve the physical evidence like the fingerprints. Then will send the thumb drive to the lab and ask the person in charge to identify all the information and documentation that relates to “Project X†that Mr. McBride might have stored in it. Then the lab can also obtain any of the financial statement which shows any transactions that are out of the ordinary. Finally, the lab can obtain any vital information such as contact details of individuals who I believe could be involved in the case. It is vital to obtain this kind of information since they will assist in the investigation of the intellectual property theft and also document the obtain evidence that will be used against Mr. McBride in court. Also, I would instruct the lab to use the software to detect any of the hidden or partially deleted spaces on the thumb drive.
Question Two
First, I would recommend a search to be conducted in all the areas that Mr. McBride accessed to hiding or storing information. The places include his locker where we could obtain the thumb drive, small notes that may contain the name and contact of the people who could be involved. If his locker is locked, the company management can get involved and break to search (Robbins, 2008). It is because, the locker is the property of the company, and the enterprise has the power to conduct the search on it. Common areas within the company such as break room, rooms where digital media and files are kept or stored can also be searched. In these places, one can obtain important files that Mr McBride might have kept that relate to the theft of the intellectual property rights and also any device that can store data that relate to the case (Robbins, 2008).
In addition, another location that is eligible for the company search is the security room that contains all the day to day videos from the CCTV. Here the InfoSec Specialist can obtain the media and review any of the CCTV footage that will show any suspicious action or movement of Mr. McBride’s within the institution (Robbins, 2008). Areas or locations that will involve or require police involvements is Mr. McBride’s house, car, his new working office and his personal belonging such as the laptop and mobile phone. Here the law enforcement agency needs to interview with a legal and appropriate search warrant that will assist them to obtain any evidence that will be useful during the investigation and in accordance with the intellectual property rights case (Workplace Fairness, 2016).
Question Three
For the evidence to remain unaltered there is specific precaution that the forensic examiner needs to take. It is because preservation of particular evidence is very important if one needed to make the evidence admissible in the court of law. It is an action that includes developing and creating the forensically correct copy of desired media presented and can be achieved by obtaining the bit-stream image of the entire original information/data (Henry, 2009). Therefore the step one can take to make an image copy from the original data is by the use of one device which will ensure that the requirements of preserving the evidence are met, and that is the physical write blocker device.
It is a device that will prevent any alteration or modification of the original proof. Hence the image process is then performed where the original storage medium or the thumb drive (either external storage or hard drive device) to the write-blocker (Henry, 2009). Then the write blocker will be attached to the forensic workstation. After it has been attached to the forensic workstation, the forensic examiner will then use special software that will be employed so as to create or develop the forensic image that will be used as one of the evidence in the court of law (Henry, 2009).
Question Four
To: H. Jenkins,
HR Management
From: (your name)
Greenwood Company Digital Forensics Examiner
Re: Three Forensic Examination/Analysis (Software) Tools
As the digital forensic examiner of Greenwood Company, I am glad that the enterprise is recognizing the essence of the forensic readiness. Therefore, the three important software tools that I recommend for the company to add and keep in their budget for the following year include;
1) EnCase is a computer forensic software that comes from or manufactured by the guidance software. It is the world’s leading answer for forensics and computer investigation. Hence it is a commercial software package that allows the investigator to examine and image data from devices such as palm PDAs, removable media like the CDs and Floppy disk and the hard drives (Software, 2016). The software is used to create the image of the medium presented such as hard disk. The image is then called the Evidence File in the EnCase is then analyzed by use of EnCase program. In addition, the software allows a forensic examiner to transcribe small scripts or programs that perm highly customized search an also filtering of information or data that has been imaged by a device (Software, 2016).
2) Vogon Forensic Software is software that was developed and manufactured by Vogon International. It is imaging software that is used to develop and create an exact replica of information or data on the drive or devices which can later be indexed by processing software so as to allow easy and fast searching by the components of investigation (U.S. Department of Justice, 2008).
3) Belkasoft is evidence analysis and search software for digital data that is manufactured by the Belkasoft Evidence Centre. It is software that has been trusted by thousands of the expert globally. It is a forensic solution for analyzing, extracting, locating and acquiring digital evidence that is stored on mobile devices and computers (U.S. Department of Justice, 2008). In addition, it is a tool that quickly extracts the digital evidence from the multiple sources through analysis of the chip-off dumps, JTAG, UFED, Android and Blackberry backups, Ios, memory dumps, drive images and hard drives. Furthermore, it will lay out vital forensic artifacts from the devices for the investigators to examine even more closely, review or even add to the report.
Therefore, these tools also meet the standards of the Daubert because they provide the rule of the evidence which regards to the admissibility of the expert witnesses testified that is conducted during federal legal proceedings.
Question Five
Being the digital forensic examiner, I used the hash values so as to assist and help me in locating the source code that was on the thumb drive. Where hashing is referred as the process of generating the values or value from the string of the text by the use of the mathematical function (Ensuring Data Integrity with Hash Codes, 2016). It uses an algorithm to be able to create a certain value from the original source that is prior to transmission or storage. In addition, the hash value created can also be used to create another different hash that will be used to compare it with the first hash value. Hence it can be used in proving the integrity of the data in evidence and providing digital fingerprints. Furthermore, the hash value can also be seen as the way of encryption or cryptography.
Hashing is used in this case by developing and creating the hash value for the company’s original or unique source code and also creates the hash value of the source code of Mr. McBride’s thumb drive. These two hash values are compared with each other and when they became identical and the source codes then match, it means that the source code that was found on the evidence that is the thumb drive is actually the “Product X†(intellectual property) of the Greenwood Company that Mr. McBride actually stole. Therefore, when I made the thumb drive forensic image, I copied all the data that was in Mr. McBride’s drive to a different and clean drive. Then I connected the clean thumb drive to a write-blocker. During the copying process, the hash drive was also recording. Finally, when I compared the two source code, I verified that they were matching, where I come to a conclusion that the source code that was in Mr. McBride thumb drive is indeed the “Product X†that belong to the Greenwood Company (Ensuring Data Integrity with Hash Codes, 2016).
In addition, the hash value can also be used for different purposes in the content of the digital forensics. For example, the hash value can use in verifying the veracity of the messages that are sent through any unsecured means. They are also used for evidence authentication and file identification. Hence it is a unique tool to specific information or data and cannot be duplicated. It is because when the data changes in any way. The hash value also changes so as to pair with the existing digital file. Finally, it is used at the beginning when evidence is obtained and also at the end so as to ensure evidence integrity (Keana, 2013).
Question Six
Since there is clear evidence that the source code that was found on Mr. McBride’s thumb drive is actually the source code for Greenwood Company (Adams, 2004). It indicates a crime was committed and law enforcement agency need to be involved. In addition, there is a clue that Mr. McBride might have emailed the source code of “product X†to his own personal email, the law enforcement needs to be involved who will come with a legal search warrant that will be used in searching his personal email to see who was send the source code and whether it was actually sent. In addition, when the crime is reported to the law enforcement, the material containing the company source code can be seized and confiscated by the police, which will assist in reducing risk in the company (Adams, 2004). The police report could also be used by the Greenwood Company to convalesce the company losses through insurance.
Furthermore, the crime should be reported since the company source code has been considering being an intellectual property, and the stealing of any intellectual property in a crime punishable by law. Mr. McBride is then charged by with the criminal copyright infringement and is punishable by a fine that does not exceed $250000 and imprisonment of about three years (Adams, 2004). Mr. McBride can also be charged by law with pre-release of the criminal copyright infringement because the source code of “product X†was not yet released by the Greenwood Company. Additionally, private companies are not supposed to report crimes to the law enforcement because of the law enforcement deals with public sectors and the society (Adams, 2004). Moreover, there is a certain circumstance where they can employ the law enforcement where the theft conducted is found in the company law and is punishable by law.’
Question Seven
An expert witness is decided as an individual who has become a specialist in a particular subject. The expert witness is also an individual who may present or give his or her opinion without being a witness in any occurrence that relates to the criminal case. Hence there is the importance of one the being an expert witness (Schwarz, 2004). It is vital to be an expert witness because one’s opinion is usually based on the person’s experience or skills, certification, training and virtue of education. In addition, it is also important because their opinion is also based on four major criteria: first, the expert has applied the methods and principles to facts of cases (Schwarz, 2004). Secondly, the testimony of the witness is a product of the reliable methods and principles. Thirdly, the testimony of the expert witness is based on enough or sufficient data or facts. Finally, his or her knowledge assist the judge and the jury in determining the facts and understand the evidence.
The expert witness is actually different from a fact witness because, the expert witness does not need to observe and understand the situation so as to participate on the case (Schwarz, 2004). On the other hand, the fact witness has only the knowledge of what he or she has witnessed or observed in a particular situation by the use of their five senses only. They can also be called the material witness since they provide their truth statements based on their own perception regarding a given crime or event (Schwarz, 2004).
Question Eight
Even though McBride has violated the policy of the company, depending on the enterprise handbook, it may not be the committed crime. Therefore, the company should conduct an internal investigation unless he had purposefully repossessed the property of the organization with an intention to commit the crime (Wang, 2007). But is the case is handed over to the law, McBride will be taken to trial and I as the forensic examiner will act as an expert witness to present facts of the presented evidence. Hence in the preparation of the trial, I will practice and respond to the question that respond to the prosecutor be typing the transcript for my response.
Prosecutor: “how can I know from your work that your analysis should be accepted?â€
Answer: my analysis my profession an also my integrity is on the line. Therefore, the process I used in collecting the evidence and how I handle and document the evidence followed the industrial standards and practices so as to preserve the state and originality of the evidence. In addition, I also correctly filed chain of custody the moment the evidence was brought to me and in my possession. In addition, all the evidences that I have gathered in relation to this case was obtained and retrieved with rightful procedure, standards and laws, hence they were not selective.
Prosecutor: “how do we know you are not biased in this case, choosing to report only what would help law enforcement and your company’s bottom line?â€
Answer: as the company expert witness, I assure you all that own professional activities does not at all conflict with my own personal goals. I respect the community, law enforcement and also believe that they both should be recognized and applauded for the best work they have done. Moreover, my work needs me to uphold the morals and standards of the company policies and local statues to report any of the wrongdoings such as theft. Hence according to my knowledge in relation to the case, and my extensive qualification, I have been called here as an expert witness to the case to prevent facts of the evidence.
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