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Expert Witness Ethics
This is the final step in your digital forensic investigation: you, as the investigator, have received a subpoena to testify in a judicial or administrative hearing. Now, it is time for you to explain your actions and findings to an unbiased third party: the jury. It does not matter how good or strong the evidence you found during your digital forensic investigation is if you cannot testify effectively. You must be able to testify and authenticate the evidence in your actions.
I know some digital forensic investigators who hate to testify. They love the collection of evidence; they love doing the exam and finding the relevant artifacts, but to get them into a judicial/administrative proceeding is very difficult. The ...
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