Thanks to Ryan Fahey of InfoSec Institute for his summary below of an excellent article he authored.
New and evolving technologies also create new challenges for the investigator. Working with a new file system or even just a new type of file can require a change in approach or the development of a new technique. While these changes may require slight alterations to well defined procedures, it is extremely rare to have to deal with a technology that is a complete “game changer”. The digital forensic community is currently facing one of these rare situations – the rapidly increasing popularity of solid state hard drives (SSDs).
There are many advantages and disadvantages of SSDs, unfortunately the methods used by manufacturers to compensate for these disadvantages make the life of a forensics investigator much more difficult than before. There is no solution at the moment, but we are just at the beginning of this challenging phase for digital forensics, and it’s a very interesting and exciting place to be. This article written by the InfoSec Institute goes into great detail on the subject.
I asked John to vet the article and he was truly impressed - great stuff Ryan!
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