Operating System Forensics

Book Preface

The writing of this book took about a year and a half. This was a time period that saw me through the break-up of or conscious uncoupling from a long-term relationship, a job change, the loss of my sister to cancer, seeing the last stages of my father’s heart failure, and a lot of the usual ups and downs and bumps and bruises of life. I am thankful to have gotten to the end of this project. Thanks to my friend and technical editor, Kevin Mackay, for sanity checks and making sure I was still on the track and covering important concepts. Also, thanks to my friends Erin Maslon (nee Gruene), Allan Konar, and D.J. Palombo for being around to bounce ideas off and sanity check what I was writing.

I am also grateful to the dean, Dr Mika Nash, and assistant dean, Bob Green, of the Division of Continuing Professional Studies at Champlain College for giving me a place to be and a purpose for the last year and change. Also, for the hope that I am contributing and making a difference.
Ric Messier

My thanks to Ric Messier for allowing me to be a part of this fun project, John Revel, who helped me regain my inner peace by explaining that God has a plan, my daughter Lexi, who is an inspiration to me, keep up the hard work champ, I am so proud of you. And finally, my beautiful wife Tama, you are my rock and always push me to succeed. I love you and would be lost without you. Thank you for everything.

From Kevin Mackay, who is a sworn law enforcement officer in Fairfield County Connecticut where he has worked as a computer forensic investigator and assistant IT administrator. He is a state certified law enforcement instructor and teaches digital forensics at Champlain College, where he is an adjunct professor. He provides beta testing for Blackbag Technology.
Kevin Mackay