It is an understandable yet curious characteristic of the information security space that the current 'big thing' relates not to the latest big threat, but to the newest threat. The column inches ...

Digital forensics is still a young science. That newness, coupled with the fast-changing world of computer technology, has resulted in a taxonomy and methodology for digital forensics that are poorly ...

Network forensics is the process of capturing, storing and analyzing activity that takes place on a computer network. While it’s often associated with solving network security breaches, the practice ...

In previous articles, I’ve discussed log management and incident response in the age of compliance. It’s time to cover a separate topic that has connections to both log analysis and incident ...

The investigation of a computer system believed to be compromised by cybercrime. Also called "digital forensics," it is used to examine a computer that may harbor incriminating data in non-cybercrime ...

Wikipedia defines network forensics as follows:Network forensics is a sub-branch of digital forensics relating to the monitoring and analysis of computer network traffic for the purposes of ...

The fictional characters in the show NCIS are a whiz when it comes to using forensics to find digital evidence. In the real world, very few law enforcement officials have those skills, but that’s ...

Digital forensics studies laws and develops technologies for fighting computer crimes. Digital forensic investigations can be classified from various perspectives. Based on whether the target is a ...

From corporate theft to murder, computers often play a role in nefarious activity, requiring specialists with a mix of legal and technical expertise to gather evidence stored digitally. "If it's a ...

Listen to the Computerworld TechCast: Computer Forensics. The television series CSI has given millions of viewers an appreciation of the role and importance of physical evidence in conducting criminal ...