This week you are going to be setting up your forensics lab. There are many considerations that have to be taken into consideration when setting up an effective digital forensics laboratory.

Compile answers to the following questions.

1. You are going to have to hire some digital forensics examiners. Discuss how many you will hire and what qualifications you will be looking for? 2. How much do you have in the budget for facility costs? What types of facility costs are you anticipating? 3. What type of investigations will you be conducting? Will you be performing any data recovery? 4 How many investigations are you are you expecting per month? 5. How many drives will you need to support an investigation? 6. Are you going to need any high-speed backup systems? What types are you going to need? 7. What will you use to store physical evidence? 8. What are the minimum needs for forensic software tools? How many copies of each tool are needed? 9. Do you need a budget for office supplies? 10. How will you advertise your services? 11. Where will the initial funding to start operations come from?