1. What is Digital Forensics #
In the 21st century where everything in life is connected to an electronic device ranging from doorbells, smartphones, and social media. These all track your digital footprint and creates a profile that follows you around the internet. As a digital forensics investigator your job is to find all available criminal evidence, process it, and present findings to the finder of facts.
In other words digital forensics is a division of forensics involving the recovery and analysis of data that has been recovered from digital devices.
2. Introduction to computer-based investigations #
As a digital forensics investigator you will find artifacts that may be incriminating or prove a subject’s innocence such as search history. It is your responsibility to critically analyze evidence of a specific user to prove or disprove allegations, which an effective examiner must be an unbiased third party with both technical knowledge of data and the legal understanding of evidence handling and testimony.
2.1 First Responder #
These are the ones called upon the crime happening, they will identify the following:
- Potential victims
- Witnesses
- Subjects
- Maintain control