2. Computer Forensics What is Computer Forensics? What is the importance of Computer Forensics? What do Computer Forensics specialists do? Applications of computer forensics

3. What is Computer Forensics? Computer forensics is simply the application of computer investigation and analysis techniques in the interests of determining potential legal evidence. Evidence might be sought in a wide range of computer crime or misuse, including but not limited to theft of trade secrets, theft of or destruction of intellectual property, and fraud. Computer specialists can draw on an array of methods for discovering data that resides in a computer system, or recovering deleted, encrypted, or damaged file information. Any or all of this information may help during discovery, depositions, or actual litigation.

4. Computer Related Crimes

5. Hidden information discovery There are many possibilities of where the hidden information of a hard drive can be retrieved. One of these locations are: Hidden log files and Deleted files

6. Percentage of businesses who suffered from computer crimes

7. What do Computer Forensics specialists do? Identify sources of documentary or other digital evidence Preserve the evidence Analyze the evidence Present the findings The electronic evidence is the information and data of investigative value that is stored on or transmitted by an electronic device

8. Applications of computer forensics: Terrorism Child pornography Crimes of violence The Theft or Destruction to Intellectual Property Internet crime Fraud Corruption

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