During an incident response, a cybersecurity analyst needs to ensure the preservation of volatile data on a suspect's workstation for later forensic analysis. Which tool is most appropriate to accomplish this task without significantly altering the state of the system?
A live response tool is specifically designed for capturing volatile data such as running processes, open connections, and in-memory structures, all of which could be lost if a system is powered down. These tools can also operate in a minimally invasive manner to prevent significant changes to the system. A disk imaging tool, while important for capturing a snapshot of a system's disk, is not typically used for volatile data and will not capture data that resides in memory. Network sniffers capture network traffic and are not suitable for preserving in-memory data. A file integrity monitoring system is used to track changes to files over time and would not be capable of capturing or preserving volatile system data, such as RAM contents.
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