As humans, we rely on visualizing things to solve problems, even when we don’t realize it. In this video, I want to talk about how you can use timelines to visualize investigations. This is useful for tracking active investigations, retracing your steps and identifying gaps in your analysis, and relaying investigation output to management.
If you like this video, you’ll enjoy my Investigation Theory course, which it is a part of.
In this thirty minute video I illustrate the complexity of investigations and describe why visualizations are important. From there, I explain how timelines can fit this gap, and the types of events that are notable for tracking on a timeline. From there, I use VisJS to provide an example of how you can create simple timelines to track your investigations.
I’ve also included the following resources:
- A sample timeline using VisJS
- A directory structure and HTML page for managing timelines
Great video, thanks for sharing.
I especially like the VisJS part, great way to build timelines!