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32 APRIL/MAY 2018 www.vanguardcanada.com CYBER C yber forensics, unlike cyber security, is not exactly a hot topic. But it should be. More than technical analysis that ver- ifies exploits by sifting through lines and lines of data, it is slowly becom- ing more mainstream. Decades ago, cyber forensics was largely known as 'computer forensics' (confined to 'computers'); now it applies to various interconnected sys- tems and devices, as well as the physical, network, data, transport, session, applica- tion and presentation layers. More importantly, it has evolved to a professionalized practice that is two-parts science, one-part project management and one-part investigative dark arts (still). The core objectives to identify, recover, preserve and analyze events and evidence found in the digital footprints have not changed. Its simplest description is still valid: cyber forensics is rooted in the eCrimes and Cyber ForensiCs: i know what you did last summer ... and the one beFore that ... by Valarie Findlay

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