Chuck Easttom has 16+ years in the IT industry and has been an expert witness
on several computer-related cases. He is the author of 10 other computer-science
books, including two textbooks on computer security. He was also one of the
subject-matter experts who helped to create CompTIA’s Security+ certification
test. He has been a frequent guest speaker on computer security at various
computer groups and campuses, including Harvard and Columbia. He holds
more than a dozen computer-industry certifications.
Jeff Taylor, a McKinney, Texas, police detective, began his law-enforcement
career in 1982. He is currently assigned to the Criminal Investigations unit,
where he specializes in white-collar crimes. In 2003, Detective Taylor became
certified in the recovery of computer-forensic evidence. He uses various
computer-software systems, including EnCase, Helix, and I-Look. He has
received training and certifications from the FBI, Cyber Evidence Inc., the
National White Collar Crime Center, and the High Intensity Drug Trafficking
Area (HIDTA) task force. Detective Taylor is on the instructor staff at the
Collin County Law Enforcement Academy, where he teaches a course on
electronic crime scene investigations.
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