Personal computers have become an inexpensive yet powerful tool that can be used in the furtherance of almost any criminal activity. Criminal acts can easily be coordinated worldwide using the ...

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 ...

Listen to the Computerworld TechCast: Computer Forensics. The television series CSI has given millions of viewers an appreciation of the role and importance of physical evidence in conducting criminal ...

Forensic computer science deals with the preservation and processing of computer evidence. Forensics is basically applying science to the evidentiary process. In the case of computer evidence, the ...

A collaboration with 20 law enforcement officers from throughout Indiana Wednesday-Friday (8/11-13) is part of a new, federally-sponsored program designed to set national standards for computer ...

James Christie’s devastating analysis of how the Law Commission misrepresented the work of engineers and computer scientists (myself included) to overturn the basic statutory requirement that evidence ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Digital forensics, AI, deepfakes, and what becomes proof in court. Digital evidence plays a pivotal role in everything from ...

It’s the hottest topic on prime time television, but crime scene investigation is increasingly more complex than what’s depicted in a glitzy one-hour drama. Information technology students at ...

A U.K. IT professional body is calling for a change in the law to remove a legal presumption that computer systems data is always correct. Concerns have been raised in light of the Post Office Horizon ...

In an agreement, Microsoft Corp. and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) made available the Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE), a Microsoft-developed program. COFEE uses ...

Together with seasoned digital lawyers such as emeritus professor Steve Saxby and barrister Stephen Mason, I and other experienced forensic expert witness ICT professionals have for many decades been ...