Digital forensics

Digital evidence features in just about every part of our personal and business lives. Legal and business decisions hinge on having timely data about what people have actually done. This free course, Digital forensics, is an introduction to computer forensics and investigation, and provides a taster in understanding how to conduct investigations to correctly gather, analyse and present digital evidence to both business and legal audiences. It also outlines the tools to locate and analyse digital evidence on a variety of devices, how to keep up to date with changing technologies, and laws and regulations in digital forensics.

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1 What is digital forensics?
• 1 What is digital forensics?
• 2 What is forensic science?
• 2 What is forensic science?
• 2.1 Science, the scientific method and scientific laws
• 2.2 Forensic scientists
• 2.2.1 Pioneers of forensic science
• 2.2.2 Further reading
• 2.3 Case study: The Shirley McKie story
• 2.4 Summary of Section 2
• 3 The role of the forensic scientist in law
• 3 The role of the forensic scientist in law
• 3.1 Legal decision-making
• 3.2 The role of the court
• 3.3 Contrasting scientific conclusions with court judgments
• 3.4 Summary of Section 3
• 4 The role of digital forensics
• 4 The role of digital forensics
• 4.1 The digital forensic process
• 4.2 A brief history of digital forensics
• 4.3 Different types of digital forensics
• 4.4 Summary of Section 4
• 5 Conclusion
• 5 Conclusion
• References
• Acknowledgements