Suppose you were recently hired for a new position as the computer forensics manager at a medium-sized communications company. One of your duties will be to analyze, test, and select forensic tool standards for the company.

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:

• Analyze the five (5) categories of tasks performed with computer forensics tools and provide an example of a software tool that performs each task.
• List the questions you would ask when evaluating and selecting forensics tools. Select the question you believe is the most important and provide a rationale.
• Explain how a comparison table can assist a decision maker when analyzing computer forensic tools.
• Select one (1) Windows-based and one (1) Linux-based forensic software tool and create a comparison table analyzing the functions and sub-functions of each.
• Describe the benefits of the NIST’s CFTT project and how it can assist decision-makers in analyzing and selecting forensic tools.
• Create an expense budget for the tools you would consider utilizing at the company and provide reasoning and planned function of the selected tools.
• Note: Submit the expense budget as an exhibit for the assignment. It is not included in the required page length.
• Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.