Digital Forensics for Legal Professionals

Chapter 2. Overview of Digital Forensics

Information in this chapter:

• Digital forensics

• A little computer history

• A brief history of computer forensics

• Computer forensics becomes digital forensics

In this chapter, we discuss a short history of personal computers, computer forensics, and the basic tenets of digital forensics. Digital forensics includes the acquisition, preservation, analysis, and presentation of electronic evidence, no matter where it may come from. This chapter gives a brief overview of the four areas of digital forensics and explains the importance of each.

Keywords

Computer Forensics, Acquisition, Preservation, Analysis, Reporting, Presentation.

Introduction

The widespread adoption of personal computers beginning in the early ...