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By: Ikedi Ani-okoye.

Computer forensic examiner

A computer forensic examiner is a professional who uses investigative and analytical techniques to be able to provide digital evidence. The International Society of Forensic Computer Examiners is the organization, which provides the CCE or Certified computer Examiner certification for those individuals who would be interested in trying out or making a career in Computer Forensics.

computer forensics consultation

The field of computer forensics consultation is emerging and fast growing, as this kind of service is offered to various military groups, governmental agencies, small companies and big corporations. Computer forensics specialists offer services by an independent capacity. This would mean that they are not under any institution or agency as staff.

Computer forensic specialists could be hired as freelancers or consultants for long-term and regular work with smaller corporations and institutions, which could not appoint or hire regular computer forensic experts. These specialists could even be retained to handle particular assignments on unusual data recovery problems.

Computer forensics basics

Computer forensics would be the process of the investigation of computer systems through the collection and analysis of computer-related evidence and information to be able to determine any unauthorized or illegal involvement of these evidences in fraudulent activities and other crimes. This fairly new field is already being used by the military, law enforcement, businesses and intelligence agencies. The protocols in computer evidence processing are meticulously observed as it goes through the process, as all findings must be presented in court.

CONCLUSION

Most of us think that deleting a file or history will remove it completely from the hard disk drive. In realty, it only removes the file from the location but the actual file still remains on your computer. It is easier to track what has been done on your computer but difficult to say by whom though it is possible to alter or delete the data completely from your storage device. It depends on computer forensic expert’s skills how well he can find and restore the data without any loss or change.