markaustin
08-07-2008, 10:00 AM
While there are a number of services that a qualified computer forensic specialist can provide, below are some of the more important ones in investigating, recovering, and examining computer evidence.
1. The computer forensics team can ensure the safety and integrity of the computer or computer equipment as it is collected and brought to a laboratory or facility. This includes both the physical evidence and the digital data during transport.
2. Upon arrival of the computer or computer peripherals at the laboratory or facility, the computer forensics team can make sure that no damage will come to the item(s), nothing is compromised to reduce its value as evidence, and that it won?t be struck by data corruption or computer viruses that could make it unusable.
3. As part of the evidence gathering, the computer forensics team can uncover usually secure items like passwords, hidden files, deleted files that remain in the memory, and protected or encrypted files.
4. As part of data retrieval and recovery, the computer forensics team can find vital data that may have been temporary, hidden, or even deleted. This complex process requires accessing usually inaccessible sections of the computer to locate data that might be crucial to a case.
5. In addition, the computer forensics team can provide air-tight, step-by-step documentation of how they found the crucial digital evidence. With more and more technical evidence being contested in court, accurate documentation that can be replicated can win or lose a case whether it is used or thrown out.
Computer forensics and computer forensic specialists can play a vital role not only for law enforcement and the prosecution but also for the defense team and anyone suspected or charged with a crime.
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1. The computer forensics team can ensure the safety and integrity of the computer or computer equipment as it is collected and brought to a laboratory or facility. This includes both the physical evidence and the digital data during transport.
2. Upon arrival of the computer or computer peripherals at the laboratory or facility, the computer forensics team can make sure that no damage will come to the item(s), nothing is compromised to reduce its value as evidence, and that it won?t be struck by data corruption or computer viruses that could make it unusable.
3. As part of the evidence gathering, the computer forensics team can uncover usually secure items like passwords, hidden files, deleted files that remain in the memory, and protected or encrypted files.
4. As part of data retrieval and recovery, the computer forensics team can find vital data that may have been temporary, hidden, or even deleted. This complex process requires accessing usually inaccessible sections of the computer to locate data that might be crucial to a case.
5. In addition, the computer forensics team can provide air-tight, step-by-step documentation of how they found the crucial digital evidence. With more and more technical evidence being contested in court, accurate documentation that can be replicated can win or lose a case whether it is used or thrown out.
Computer forensics and computer forensic specialists can play a vital role not only for law enforcement and the prosecution but also for the defense team and anyone suspected or charged with a crime.
For more information visit Jude Lacour Blog