Explain in detail the steps of how you validate a software write blocker tool, Thumbscrew: Software USB Write Blocker: Digital Forensics Assignment, SUTD, Singapore

Software write-blocker

• Explain in detail the steps of how you validate a software write blocker tool, – Thumbscrew: Software USB Write Blocker. – Reference to NIST Computer Forensics Tool Testing
• On whether this tool is validated as a write-blocking tool used in the context of digital forensic examination.

Forensic imaging

• Explain what is a forensic image in the context of digital forensics.
• What are the differences between a forensic copy (forensic clone) and a forensic image?

Slack space

• Explain what is slack space (general) in the context of digital forensics.
• Where can slack space (general) be found in a forensic image of a physical hard disk?
• What is the use of slack space in the context of digital forensic investigation?

Media sterilization

• What is media sterilization in the context of digital forensics?
• Explain in detail, with aid of screenshots, the steps to sterilize a media.
• How to confirm that it has been sterilized?
• Why and when should the media sterilization be done?

Digital forensic lab setup 

• Equipment
• Security
• Environment
• Malicious programs
• Ongoing costs on hardware and software