Computer Forensics

Computer Forensics is the use of certain tools and procedures to carry out investigation, analysis and study of computer devices for the gathering and preserving of evidence of a computer crime or fraud.

In Layman's terms : Computer Forensics is the art of looking at the information on a computer or digital device to determine what a person was doing in the electronic world.

Computer Forensics involves

• acquisiton
• preservation
  
• identification
• analysis
• presentation

of digital evidence in a manner that is legally acceptable in any judicial or administrative hearing.