A Loud Whisper! – Understanding Computer Forensics Reports
With the current technology advancement, more and more companies’ data and information are stored and transferred online. These have caused the business systems to become constant targets for online fraudsters. Consequently, all these fraudulent activities have caused huge losses to the companies as well as the society. In order to find out the culprits, here comes the computer forensics.
Computer forensics reports are prepared by computer forensics investigators. They gather the necessary information, analyze them and then draft out the final computer forensics reports. As good as they are, computer criminals oftentimes leave behind clues which aid the investigators to track down the root cause of their crime.
Even when the files have been deleted from the specific location in the computer, the original data is not at all erased from the entire computer system. With certain techniques, tools, and skills that the investigators are equipped with, the analysis of the fraudulent act or crime can be made with such accuracy.
Where does the computer forensic report information come from?
There are four main areas where the investigators gather their evidence from. There are other areas which are looked into but the following are the most commonly looked areas.
The Saved Files:
These are easy. If you saved it, it’s in the computer. All the investigator needs to do is open them up to examine them. They don’t need anything special to view or examine them.
The whole process involves identifying, gathering, analyzing and maintaining huge amount of data. Through computer forensics, it is really nowhere for anyone to hide the data and evidence. No matter what attempt they use, all the proofs of cyber crimes can be revealed.
By contrast, in a civil case, there tends to be a lot of negotiation over what computers and what data can be inspected, as well as where and when. There is not likely to be any seizing of computers, and quite a long time may take place between the time the request to inspect a computer is made and the time the computer is made available to be inspected. It is common for one party to have access to a very limited area of data from the other party’s computer. During this time, a defendant may take the opportunity to attempt to hide or destroy data. The author has had several cases wherein the computer needed for analysis was destroyed before the plaintiff had the opportunity to inspect. Such attempts at hiding data are often discovered by the digital forensic sleuth, who may in turn present evidence of such further wrongdoing in expert witness testimony.
The Meta Data:
The Meta data gives you the details of a document or file. Among the details which appear include the date that such files had been created, modified, and the last time when it was accessed. You can even get information about the creator of the file.
What makes up computer forensics reports?
Computer forensic reports will be made of information from the above four sources. It will also include information gathered from e-mails, file transfers, web browsing, online accounts, charts, and internet searches. Unknown to some people is that their web searches can be retraced.
There you have it… the secret, but not so secret computer forensic reports. It is by no means comprehensive, but you get the idea.
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Resource Author Francisco Rodriguez H.
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