Marshall University Professor John Sammons is an author for the first time. The professor of computer and information technology has written a book – “The Basics of Digital Forensics: The Primer for Getting Started in Digital Forensics” – to be used as a text book for a foundation on the digital forensics field. Sammons is also the director and Digital Forensics Chair of the Appalachian Institute of Digital Evidence and works with the Cabell County prosecutor’s office in local cases involving digital forensics. Digital forensics involves evidence found in new technology. Sammons said the book gives a broad overview of the subject, while illustrating it’s different than what you see on television…