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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
