Digital Forensics is the process of preserving, identifying, extracting, and documenting of computer , cellphone , cameras and other electronic evidence which can be used by the court of law , work related evidence or for personal use. It is a science of finding evidence from digital media like a computers, mobile phones, servers, networks or online accounts.
Digital Forensics helps the forensic team to analyze, inspect, identifying, and preserve the digital evidence residing on various types of electronic devices.
Theft from your company?
Crime committed against you?
Repair data corrupted to hide evidence
Recover data deleted to destroy evidence
Hacked? Track and trace the source
Unauthorised use of equipment
Unauthorized transmission of company digital property
Objectives of digital forensics
Here are the essential objectives of using digital forensics:
- It helps to recover, analyze, and preserve electronic communications , media and files in a manner that helps the investigation agency to present them as evidence.
- Provides proof of motive behind the crime and the identity of the culprit.
- Evidence of committed crime
- Designing procedures at a suspected crime scene which helps you to ensure that the digital evidence obtained is not corrupted.
- Data acquisition and duplication: Recovering deleted files and deleted partitions from digital media to extract the evidence and validate them.
- Helps you to identify the evidence quickly, and also allows you to estimate the potential impact of the malicious activity on the victim
- Producing a computer forensic report which offers a complete report on the investigation process.
- Preserving the evidence by following the chain of custody.
- Repair corrupted data and restore to original form
