Question

During an investigation of a cybercrime, the law enforcement officers came across a computer that had the hard drive encrypted. Chose the best course of action they should take to access the data on that drive.

a. Use image filtering techniques to see what's behing the encrypted files.
b. Try to convince the owner of the computer to give you to decryption key/password.
c. Identify the encryption algorithm and attempt a brute force attack to get access to the file.
d. Disconnect the hard drive from power so the encryption key can be exposed on the next power up.
e. Try to copy the drive bit by bit so you can see the files in each directory.

Answer 1

b. Try to convince the owner of the computer to give you to decryption key/password.

Step-by-step explanation:

Encrypted hard drives have maximum security and high data protection. to access them you need to enter a password to unlock them.

The image filtering technique is a method that serves to selectively highlight information contained in an image, for which it does not work.

The encryption algorithm is a component used for the security of electronic data transport, not to access data on an encrypted hard drive.

The encryption key is used in encryption algorithms to transform a message and cannot be exposed by disconnecting the hard drive from its power source.