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FACTS THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

ABOUT DIGITAL FORENSICS

Ms. Elizabeth Deepika Ponnuraj

Digital forensics investigation is one of the emerging disciplines developed
from the branch of Forensic Science. However, despite the remarkable de-

velopment in the digital world and the increase in cybersecurity attacks

through digital tools and techniques, most forensic scientists lack the ap-
propriate knowledge to perform investigations under digital forensics but
it is necessary that every organization with a working computer system

needs the services of a qualified digital forensics analyst.

Moreover, owing to the increment of cybercrimes nowadays, digital fo-
rensics is also applied by law enforcement agencies and other corporate

organizations like MNCs across the globe.

orensics:
The Concept of Digital Forensics:
The Concept of Digital F
Digital forensics covers the recovery and investigation of materials detect-
ed in digital devices which are usually concerning computer crimes. In sim-

ple terms, it is the process of identifying, extracting, preserving and doc-
umenting digital evidence through digital tools which can be used in the
court of law.

Similarly, it also provides forensic experts with the greatest strategies and
technologies to deal with complicated computer-based crimes. It also has
several applications in its field but the most widespread use is to disprove

or prove a fact in the court of law.

It is also applied in the corporate
sector for computer hacking in-

vestigations and internal corporate

investigations. Here, the digital fo-
rensics analysts investigate the en-
vironment and degree of an unlaw-

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