Forensic
Science covers the areas of science that are relevant, in
particular, to the law. It is primarily involved in gathering
scientific evidence proving that a crime has occurred, and by whom
and how it was committed or, alternatively, proving that a crime has
not been committed.
This evidence can be acquired by
utilising certain areas of biology, chemistry, analytical science,
mathematics and, of course, computer science.
Most people are familiar with
television portrayals of forensic scientists as seen in 'Forensic
Detectives' and other television documentary programmes. While these
give an accurate insight into the work of a certain kind of forensic
scientist, it must be kept in mind that they are, of course, rarely
shown undertaking forensic examination of computers and computer
related hardware. This is a very specialised area of forensics, and
not often publicised.
Since
forensic scientists are involved not only in the
incrimination of suspects but also in proving their innocence, the
scientist must be impartial and have a neutral interest in the
outcome of a case. Consequently whether working for the prosecution
or defence of a suspect, the forensic scientist is always and only
working for the Court presenting evidence in an entirely
disinterested fashion.
This is always true whether involved in criminal cases, corporate
investigation, hacking, liquidations, divorce or any area where data
retrieval and the analysis of that data is a requirement.
Where forensic examination of electronic
data is concerned, a forensic examiner must also be
something of a detective: data trails on a computer hard disk are
rarely, if ever, straightforward. While the retrieval of data may be
something of a routine operation, searching out deleted,
reformatted, hidden and disguised data is entirely another matter.
We can provide forensic analysis
for criminal, corporate, security and personal work; all forensic
undertakings are carried out on a purely individual and confidential
basis with a comprehensive report as an integral part of the
service. Simply contact us for an initial discussion.
Forensic Science
News
Microsoft warns that its own patch corrupts data.
Microsoft announced it has created a
hotfix that patches a
bug in one of the dozen August security updates which could corrupt
users' data. Customers must contact Microsoft to get the hotfix.
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