Much of the U.S. government’s case in Criminal No. 01-455-A will be based on digital evidence found on the defendant’s computer hard drives. The case, better known as United States v. Zacarias ...

In part 1 of this article I discussed software forensics, generally what it is and why it’s needed. One of the big reasons there is such a need for software forensics is to interject objectivity into ...

Digital forensics has continued to grow in importance as enterprises deal with increasing amounts of digital data and the possibility of cyber-attackers infiltrating their systems. Digital forensics ...

Police forensics training for Macs in Middletown, Delaware. If you’ve ever taken apart an Apple device, you know what delicate work it can be. Imagine trying to extract incriminating child pornography ...

Ron Kramer, vice president and COO of Portland, Maine-based All Computer Solutions (ACS), is drawing on those varied skills to build a practice in computer forensics, a specialized niche of electronic ...

It’s official: the world is saturated with digital devices. The numbers aren’t exact, but if Gartner (News - Alert) forecasts are accurate, 4.9 billion connected devices are in use this year. This ...

The investigation of a computer system believed to be compromised by cybercrime. Also called "digital forensics," it is used to examine a computer that may harbor incriminating data in non-cybercrime ...

Computer Forensic Analysts use forensic tools and investigative methods to find specific electronic data, including Internet use history, word processing documents, images and other files. The field ...

In previous articles, I’ve discussed log management and incident response in the age of compliance. It’s time to cover a separate topic that has connections to both log analysis and incident ...

Criminals increasingly use computers as weapons to illegally access information or release worms and viruses to disrupt computer networks. Law enforcement agencies often must rely on criminal ...