Brian Carrier costs.txt ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- A cost estimate for this analysis is slightly hard to calculate since I started the analysis as a test case for my forensic tools, TCTUtils and autopsy. It was only after I had finished half of the analysis that I decided to complete it and enter the results. Therefore, my time spent was not recorded in the beginning and much time was spent debugging my applications and developing new ones. It is assumed that future investigations would be done much quicker. I will estimate my time at 8 days (at 8 hours per day). This includes writing the report, which has gone through many formats. This too would be done much quicker the next time around. We will assume my yearly salary is $70,000/yr ($33.65/hr). Hours Cost Total +15% -15% Investigation 64 $33.65 $2154 $2476 $1831 Benefits (28%) $603 $693 $512 Total $2757 $3169 $2343 Since this challenge is supposed to be fun, lets recalculate this with my graduate student salary of $13,200/yr ($6.35/hr). Hours Cost Total +15% -15% Investigation 64 $6.35 $406 $467 $345 Benefits (28%) $114 $131 $96 Total $520 $598 $441 BACKGROUND I am a computer science graduate student at Purdue University doing research with the Center for Education in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS). This was my first complete forensic analysis. System Administration: 7 years of administering personal UNIX flavors and did administration for year in undergrad. Programming: 7 years of programming. My main languages are C and Java. Security: Have been involved with security for 6 years and done research in cryptography and forensics. I have worked as a security consultant and have done development for a commercial VPN system.