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Computer Forensics
The requirement for computer forensics investigations seems to grow year by year as we tend to keep more of our data in digital format. Forensic investigators tend to have specialised training and/or years of experience in electronic discovery and the gathering of digital evidence for both police investigations and as expert witnesses for both crime investigation and corporate and enterprise data recovery.
Forensic recovery is often required when disgruntled employees have erased critical data and also where there have been potential accountancy problems, data discrepancies and misappropriations.
Computer forensic companies don't only conduct business and computer fraud investigations though, increasingly computer evidence is being used in civil cases, matrimonial disputes and civil disputes where digital evidence recovery may be the deciding factor in any litigation.
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Computer Forensics Explained
Computer forensics or digital forensics as it is also known is the investigation and collection of digital data in all its forms either from magnetic media or from solid state drives.
Computer forensic experts can be called upon for a wide variety of reasons ranging from tracking inappropriate deletion of corporate data through to criminal fraud and deception.
Due to the nature of this type of investigation there are a lot of protocols to be observed both during and after the forensic investigation to ensure a full audit trail is available should the investigation involve civil or criminal proceedings.
For example; much like in a data recovery situation (if the recovery company is doing a good job) computer forensics often rely on the actual copying of the drive that is under suspicion in the form of a special disk image. The source drive can then be securly stored to prevent any further tampering, whilst the computer forensic investigator can conduct a full examination on a copy of the originating data in a secure environment without the fear of contaminating or destroying the source evidence.
Anyone seeking a career in this field would be advised to ensure they attend recognised computer forensic training or for anyone interested in gaining a greater understanding of digital forensic examination below is a small list of further resources and material so you can gain a greater insight into the world of computer forensics.
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Wed Aug 18 17:32:10 BST 2010 Dear all, We had out first live show this last weekend (audio podcast will be posted soon). It |
Sun Aug 15 21:48:02 BST 2010 We did it! The first live broadcast of Forensic 4cast went out earlier today. In case you missed it |
Sat Aug 14 19:00:48 BST 2010 When I announced the live episode of 4cast a couple of people asked if we were going to have a chat |
Fri Aug 13 15:02:28 BST 2010 Last episode we had a first for our little podcast, we had our first female on the show. We struck |
Sun Aug 08 15:58:07 BST 2010 Occasionally we all see forensic reports that are as close to perfect as they could be. Where |
Wed Aug 04 20:20:07 BST 2010 This week we discuss the British Cybercrime Challenge, the investigation carried out inside |
Wed Aug 04 19:32:20 BST 2010 Digital Forensics Magazine, one of the fastest growing resources available for IT security |
Thu Jul 29 11:38:42 BST 2010 A few weeks ago I posted a picture of Martin Westman just before he jumped out of a plane while |
Thu Jul 29 11:33:48 BST 2010 I had a thought a few days ago that I’d like to share. Please don’t take me seriously, |
Wed Jul 21 22:05:15 BST 2010 Today we cover Paul Sanderson’s blog post on forensic practitioners, how the current |
Tue Jul 13 13:28:08 BST 2010 Last week I attended the SANS Forensic Summit in Washington DC. What an experience it was. I got to |
Fri Jul 09 13:46:06 BST 2010 Last night we held the second annual Forensic 4cast Awards at the SANS Forensic Summit in |
Mon Jul 05 18:51:15 BST 2010 The Forensic 4cast Awards will take place on Thursday evening in Washington DC (have I mentioned |
Mon Jul 05 18:40:18 BST 2010 Greetings all. As you may (or may not) know Mark McKinnon, Disklabs and I are working together on a |
Sun Jul 04 13:33:24 BST 2010 Meet Martin Westman. He works for Micro Systemation (the creators of XRY and XACT). The picture |
Thu Jun 24 13:34:34 BST 2010 Want to know what the awards will look like? I have to admit, these do look pretty darn cool. I |
Wed Jun 23 21:55:52 BST 2010 The Forensic 4cast Awards, AccessData merges with CT summation, Google may face prosecution over |
Fri Jun 18 14:02:41 BST 2010 This is an important update on the Forensic 4cast Awards. SANS have announced that both the |
Thu Jun 17 12:19:19 BST 2010 I’ve been doing Forensic 4cast for over 2 years now. In that two years I’ve always done |
Wed Jun 16 17:56:32 BST 2010 The nominations have been taken and counted and now we have narrowed down the fields to just a few |
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Welcome to our podcast discussing issues relating to digital forensics
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Wed Sep 01 12:18:26 BST 2010 At first blush, message headers seem esoteric. Why should a lawyer care about the alphanumeric ID |
Wed Sep 01 12:09:37 BST 2010 As computer forensics has become increasingly important to civil and criminal trials, certification |
Mon Aug 30 10:30:27 BST 2010 Forensic analysis of database systems is very specific and demanding task, and it was the main |
Wed Aug 25 22:12:12 BST 2010 So you’ve just completed your forensic examination and found that forensic gem or smoking gun in |
Wed Aug 25 21:18:43 BST 2010 In the fall of 2008, a variant of a three year-old, relatively-benign worm began winding its way |
Tue Aug 24 11:14:07 BST 2010 When a detective with the Garfield County Sheriff's Office collects a computer, cell phone, digital |
Tue Aug 24 11:10:56 BST 2010 Matt Shannon in collaboration with Passware present an interesting method of discovering BitLocker |
Fri Aug 20 11:55:55 BST 2010 by Sean McLinden
"In a recent intellectual property case for which we were retained, among the |
Thu Aug 19 12:30:26 BST 2010 HBGary has released a new freeware tool, FGET, a network-capable forensic data acquisition tool. |
Thu Aug 19 12:27:38 BST 2010 Since the passage of Mary's Law in Michigan and Cindy's Law in Illinois there is much discusion on |
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