This comprehensive text, authored by one of the top cyber crime prosecutors in the nation, is an excellent guide to a successful cyber investigation. Topics covered include Responding to the Attack, Collecting Digital Evidence, Obtaining Evidence from Third Parties, Analyzing Digital Evidence, The Law of Obtaining Digital Evidence, Presenting Digital Evidence in Court, Computer Intrusion, Identity Theft, Intellectual Property Crimes, Child Pornography, and Vulnerable Victim Computer Crimes. The author sets forth in understandable language the basics of cyber crime investigations. He shows the student how to apply the rigorous standards of ethical investigation to cybercrime.