Week 13 Clear: Computer Forensics

What is computer forensics?

Computer forensics sometimes referred to as computer forensic science is defined by Wikipedia is a branch of digital forensic science pertaining to legal evidence found in computers and digital storage media.

Computer forensics is used to discover digital evidence, documents, and "explain the current state of a digital artifact; such as a computer system, storage medium." The scope of a forensic analysis can be very broad or very detailed. Computer forensic scientist may be needed to retrieve documents or very simple information or reconstruct a series of events. As computer use increases exponentially, the need for experts in this field is growing. There are abundant opportunities for predators, computer criminals or hacker to take advantage of uneducated or unaware computer users.



Additional Resources:

Advantages - Article: http://www.computerforensics1.com/computer-forensic-advantage.html

Computer Forensics @ Work -Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--ZHo0Z2mgY