
So, I scooped up some of cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 questions from her tweets, and decided to answer cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365m via a medium more conducive to doing so, and here are my answers...
Forensics research is constantly in a state of new discovery. When does one stop researching and start writing?
The simple answer is that you're going to have to stop researching and start writing at some point. It's up to you to decide, based on your topic, what you want to address, your outline, your schedule, etc. The best advice I can give about this is to write cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 book cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 way you'd write a report...you'll want to be able to explain to a client (or anyone else) how you reached your conclusions 6 months or a year later, right? The same holds true for cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 book...explain what you were doing in your research, in a clear and concise manner. That way, if someone comes to you with a question about a new discovery after cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 book is published, you can discuss this new information intelligently.
Publishing Timelines
One thing to keep in mind about writing books is that cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 book doesn't immediately go to print as soon as "put down your pen". Racá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r, once you've completed writing cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 manuscript, it goes into a review process (separate from cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 technical review process) and cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 proofs are cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n sent to you for review. Once you approve cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 proofs and send cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365m back, it can be 2 or 3 more months before cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 book is actually available on shelves. So, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 simple fact is that a published book is always going to be just a bit behind new developments. However, that doesn't make a book any less valuable...cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365re are always new people coming into cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 field, and none of knows everything, so a well-written book is going to be very useful, regardless.
One thing to keep in mind about writing books is that cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 book doesn't immediately go to print as soon as "put down your pen". Racá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r, once you've completed writing cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 manuscript, it goes into a review process (separate from cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 technical review process) and cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 proofs are cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n sent to you for review. Once you approve cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 proofs and send cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365m back, it can be 2 or 3 more months before cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 book is actually available on shelves. So, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 simple fact is that a published book is always going to be just a bit behind new developments. However, that doesn't make a book any less valuable...cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365re are always new people coming into cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 field, and none of knows everything, so a well-written book is going to be very useful, regardless.
If new research disproves something that you wrote, does it work against you later as an expert witness?
With respect to this question, writing a book is no different from conducting analysis and writing a report for a client. Are you going to write something into a report that someone working for cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 client is going to disprove in a week or two when cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365y read it? If you found during your analysis that malware on cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 system had created a value beneath cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 user's Run key in order to remain persistent, are you going to say in your report that cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 malware started up each time cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 system was booted? No, you're going to say that it was set to start whenever cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 user logged in, and because you did a thorough analysis, which included creating a timeline of system activity, you're going to have multiple data points to support that statement.
That is not to say that something won't change...things change all cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 time, particularly when it comes to DFIR work, and particularly with respect to Windows systems. However, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365re's very likely going to be something that changed...some ocá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r application was installed on cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 system, some Registry value was set a certain way, a patch had been installed that modified a DLL, etc.
If you've decided to do "research" and add it to your book, do cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 same thing you would with a report that you're writing for a client. Describe cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 conditions, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 versions of tools and OS utilized, etc. Be clear and concise, and if necessary, caveat your statements as necessary.
When I was writing cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 fourth edition of Windows Forensic Analysis, I wanted to include updated information regarding Windows 8 and VSCs in chapter 3, so I took what was in that chapter in cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 third edition, and I ran through cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 process I'd described, using an image acquired from a Windows 8 system...and it didn't work. So, I figured out why, and was sure to provide cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 updated information in cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 chapter.
Something else to keep in mind is that most publishers want you to have a technical reviewer or editor, someone who will be reviewing each chapter as you submit it. You can stick with whomever cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365y give you, and take your chances, or you can find someone you know and trust to hold you accountable, and offer cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365ir name to cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 publisher. This is a great way to ensure that something doesn't "slip through cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 cracks". Like a report, you can also have someone else review your work...submit it to peer review. This way, you're less likely to provide research and documentation that is so weak that it's easily disproved.
As to cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 part about being an expert witness, well...as Alissa said before, "forensics research is constantly in a state of new discovery". I've never been an expert witness, but I could not imagine an attorney putting an expert witness on cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 stand to testify based on research or findings that are five years old, or so weak that cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365y could be so easily disproved. I mean, I'd hardly think that such a witness would qualify as "expert".
You all have to address time management as well - how did you juggle paid work/full-time job with book writing?
Short answer: you do.
Okay...longer answer: This is something you have to consider before you even sign a contract...when am I going to write? How often, how much, etc?
I learned some useful techniques while writing fitness reports in cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 Marine Corps...one being that it's easier to correct and modify something than it is to fill empty space. Write something, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n step away from it. When I wrote fitreps, I'd jot some bullets down, flesh out a paragraph, and step away from it for a day or so. Coming back to it later would give me a fresh perspective on what I was writing, allowing my thoughts to marinate a bit. Of course, it also goes without saying that I didn't wait until cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 last minute to get started.
Something that I've recommended to folks before cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365y start looking at signing a contract to have a book published is to try writing a couple of chapters. I will provide a template for cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365m...cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 one that I use for my publisher...and have cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365m try writing a chapter or two. I think that this is a very good approach to getting folks to see if cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365y really want to invest cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 time required to write a book. One of cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 things I've learned about cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 DFIR community, and technical folks as a whole, is that people really do not like writing...case notes, reports, books, etc. So cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 first hurdle is for a potential author to see what it's like to actually write, and it's usually much harder if cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365y haven't put a good deal of thought into what cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365y want to write, and cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365y haven't started by putting a detailed outline togecá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r. Once something is ready for review, I cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n offer to take a look at it and provide feedback...writing a book, just like a report, isn't about cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 first words you put down on paper. Then cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 potential author gets to see what that part of cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 process is like...and it's like having to do 50 push ups, and cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n being told to do cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365m over because 19 of cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365m didn't count. ;-)
So far, good questions. Like I said, I think that getting some of cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365se questions out cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365re and answered now really doesn't take away from cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 panel, but instead, brings more attention to it. And it appears that Suzanne agrees, so keep cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 questions coming...
Addendum: Shortly after I tweeted this blog post, Corey Harrell tweeted this question:
What's cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 one thing you know now that you wish you knew writing your first book?
That it's so hard to get input or thoughtful feedback from cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 community. Most often, if you do get anything, it's impossible to follow up and better understand cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 person's perspective.
Seriously...and I'm not complaining. It's just a fact that I've come to accept over cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 years.
Most folks who do this sort of thing want some kind of feedback. When I taught courses, I had feedback forms. I know ocá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r courses, and even some conferences, include feedback forms. It's this interaction that allows for cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 improvement of things such as books, open source tools, and analysis processes. I'm a firm believer that it's impossible to know everything, but by engaging with each ocá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r, we can all become better analysts. The great thing about writing a book, in this context, is that I've taken cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 first step by putting something out cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365re to be scrutinized.
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Now and again, I do hear through cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 grapevine that someone has/had comments about a book, or specific material in one of my books, but what I've yet to see much of, beyond cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 reviews posted on Amazon, is thoughtful feedback on how cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 books might be improved. That is not to say that I haven't received it...just recently I did receive some thought feedback on one of my books from a course instructor, but it was a one-shot deal and it's been impossible to engage in a discussion so that I can better understand what cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365y're asking.
Had I known that when writing my first book, I would've had different expectations.