Forensic Investigation of Smart Digital Devices: A Hands-on Guide

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Forensic Investigation of Smart Digital Devices: A Hands-on Guide.

A comprehensive guide to investigating the digital evidence hidden within today’s smart connected technologies.

As digital ecosystems continue to expand toward constant connectivity, smart devices have become an essential part of everyday operations, communication, and commerce. While these technologies improve efficiency and convenience, they also create enormous amounts of diverse digital data while increasing opportunities for cybercriminal activity.

The growing complexity, proprietary designs, and distributed architectures of modern smart devices create significant challenges for digital forensic investigations. Forensic Investigation of Smart Digital Devices: A Hands-On Guide provides a detailed exploration of these challenges and presents practical approaches for analyzing and recovering digital evidence from emerging technologies.

Across thirteen carefully organized chapters, this book examines forensic techniques for a broad range of device categories, including Internet of Things (IoT) systems, smartphones, embedded hardware, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), social robots, gaming platforms, smart wearables, mobile applications, and autonomous vehicles.

Each chapter combines foundational concepts with real-world investigative methods, offering practical workflows supported by industry tools, case studies, and repeatable forensic procedures. The book also explores the growing influence of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), computer vision (CV), and advanced computing approaches in modern digital investigations.

Designed for forensic analysts, cybersecurity professionals, law enforcement investigators, legal experts, and researchers, this guide provides the knowledge and practical skills needed to perform reliable investigations in an increasingly connected world.

Through hands-on examples and applied techniques, Forensic Investigation of Smart Digital Devices bridges the gap between forensic theory and real-world practice, helping professionals strengthen cybersecurity defenses and effectively respond to cybercrime involving next-generation smart technologies.