MIDTERM PROJECT

Midterm Project

Midterm Project

Introduction

The strong presence of IT tools in companies exposes them to attacks on traditional know-how in revised digital key, and the employee infidel who intentionally modify business data, which the companies sends material competitor, companies that find their data on the Internet are the scenarios in traditional digital key. To cope with such situations and where necessary to crystallize the evidence of fraud or illegal behavior is necessary to have a team of security experts and computer forensics (Jackson & Jackson, 2007). This paper discusses a forensic science company, its basic description, the operations it performs and the steps through which they are performed. The company comes under that digital forensics branch that pertains to the legal evidence that is found in digital storage media and computers, which is also known as computer forensics science.

Discussion

The types of works that the company performs is examination of the digital media in a manner that is forensically sound as a core goal of company, along with the aims including the identification, preservation, recovering, analysis and presentation of opinions and facts regarding the information. These works are most frequently linked to the investigation of a broad array of crimes committed via computers. The findings of this company might be utilized in the civil proceeding in the courts. The operations of the company include principles and techniques that are similar to that of principles and techniques used in recovery of data, but with added practices and guidelines that are designed to form a legal audit trial.

The computer forensics company supports lawyers and firms in the investigation of financial fraud crimes. Electronic information can be systematically tracked by the experts working in the company. Mobile data (such as laptops, USB flash drive, BlackBerry, PDA) are also included in the search, such as PCs and their peripherals. After a thorough documentation of each step (chain of custody), the secured data is professionally prepared is the usability of justice is guaranteed (Houck, 2007).

The company provides prevention services, research and solutions and data analysis for fraud detection. They also help clients in the recovery of assets following a fraud. The forensic science company has team that unites high educational and financial accounting matters, extensive experience in court and, in general, in all situations of conflict, supported by computer science researchers and other specialists (Houck & Siegel, 2010).

Procedures used by the computer forensics experts in ...