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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 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 |
Sat Jun 12 17:00:40 BST 2010 First of all I know that some people will argue about my use of the word ‘must’ but I |
Tue Jun 01 18:31:53 BST 2010 CEIC 2010, Tableau and Guidance, SANS Forensic Summit and the 4cast Awards |
Wed May 26 11:12:55 BST 2010 That’s right, its that time again. The second annual Forensic 4cast Awards will be held as |
Fri May 07 15:52:43 BST 2010 I originally posted this entry over on the Disklabs computer forensic forum |
Thu May 06 20:16:19 BST 2010 Yesterday I received an email saying that Forensic 4cast has been named as one of the top 50 |
Wed May 05 18:10:48 BST 2010 If my work with Volume Shadow Copies has taught me one thing it is that I don’t know |
Mon May 03 12:18:10 BST 2010 This week we’re joined by Eric Huber (@ericjhuber) from ‘A Fistful of Dongles‘, |
Tue Apr 20 21:18:15 BST 2010 Here it is. The presentation I was due to give at the SANS EU Forensic Summit. Hope you find it |
Mon Apr 19 21:47:15 BST 2010 A brand new episode for your listening pleasure. |
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News provider: Forensic 4cast Welcome to our podcast discussing issues relating to digital forensics 2008 |
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