Digital Forensics: Data Exfiltration

A fired executive has been accused of stealing digital intellectual property.

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Business situation
Problem statement

You have been given a case from a VIP client who does millions of dollars in business with our practice every year. You are asked to perform a digital forensic analysis to determine if a fired executive (referred to as Employee X) stole digital intellectual property (IP) before leaving the company. The client’s CEO is in constant contact with the Deloitte partner to get preliminary findings.

Business situation
Problem statement

You will be utilizing a suite of open-source or paid tools of your choice to perform this investigation from collection to analysis. Note that the client’s IT team informed us that all company-owned devices are encrypted to safeguard from unauthorized access.

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