Information Technology Reference
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Chapter 13. BlackBerry Forensics
BlackBerry devices come with the
Research in Motion
(
RIM
) software implementation of
proprietary wireless protocols. BlackBerry devices pose a significant challenge to forensic
examinations due to the lack of physical parsing support and device encryption. This
chapter will cover the various security features that come with BlackBerry devices, the
available techniques to extract data from a device, and the best methods to analyze the data
extracted.