Computer forensics research lab
Useful equipment for setting up an computer forensics research lab:
Computer Equipment
- internal SATA hard drives (useful for moving around data and short-term archiving)
- Docks to connect the SATA drives to your computer and server
- A fast server (we use a MacPro with 12 cores, 32GB of RAM, and fibre channel)
- A RAID array to hold your corpus (we use an ActiveStorage system with FC)
- 10Gig or Gigabit switch
- Workstations for researchers (we use MacPros; you can use Dells also.)
Commercial Disk Processing Software
- FTK Academic License
- EnCase Forensic Academic License
Commercial Phone Software
- EnCase Nutrino phone forensic kit
- Paraben phone forensic kit
Misc. Lab Equipment
- Ergonomic chairs for students
- Desks for students
- Lab stools
- anti-static mats
- lab lamps with magnifying lamps
- Lab benches
- Misc. tools from Home Depot
Content Creation
Get your own equipment so there are no PII or copyright issues.
- HD video camera
- Digital camera