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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Easttom, Chuck, author.
Title: System forensics, investigation, and response / Chuck Easttom.
Description: Third Edition. | Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning,
[2019] | Revised edition of the author's System forensics, investigation, and response, c2014.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017018109 | ISBN 9781284121841
Subjects: LCSH: Computer crimes--Investigation--Textbooks.
Classification: LCC HV8079.C65 E37 2017 | DDC 363.25/968--dc23
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