Digital Forensics

Digital evidence stored in smartphones, flash drives, computers or cloud storage can be corrupted or stolen. This evidence can be preserved by digital forensics through technology and investigative techniques. Digital forensics software is used by researchers to safely identify, collect, and store digital evidence. This evidence is used by digital forensics experts in legal proceedings to assist the judiciary.

Media forensics, Cyber forensics, Mobile forensics, Software forensics, Computer forensics and Database forensics are different types of digital forensics. Collecting, identifying, analyzing, and presenting audio, video, or image evidence during an investigation is included in media forensics. Data collection and digital evidence presentation during a cyber crime investigation are covered in Cyber forensics. Digital evidence can be recovered from mobile phones, global positioning system (GPS) devices, tablets, or laptops in mobile forensics.

Deleted file recovery, Reverse steganography, Cross-drive analysis, Live analysis, Preserving evidence, Web activity reconstruction, Network device investigation and Bait tactics are some of the common digital forensic techniques that is used by digital forensics experts to collect and analyze evidence.

Identification of evidence, Preservation, Analysis, Documentation and Presentation are five common steps involved in a digital forensics investigation.