COMPUTER FORENSICS and CYBER-SECURITY
Computer Forensics involves legal evidence found in computers and digital storage media via through digital forensic science. Using the principles of law and science, computer forensics is used to collect and analyze data from
- computer systems,
- networks,
- storage systems,
- wireless devices, etc.
for use as evidence in court.
Computer Forensics accesses the nature of
- digital artifacts,
- e-documents, and
- storage medium
through retrieval or reconstruction of cyber events.
Cyber-Security
- includes protection of information and property from theft, corruption, trespass, or disaster and
- involves the processes and procedures which protect sensitive and valuable information and services from access, publication, tampering or collapse by unauthorized activities or individuals.