The whole process which undergoes in uncovering and disclosing of electronic data uninterrupted is called digital forensics. The idea behind the process has clear goals to preserves the evidence found in the crime scene or any situation safely. Further, after collecting all the original evidence in the most untouched form, they are expanded in the lab by specialists and doctors and chemically skilled people to understand the nature, form, and validation of the evidence. It might be anything from pain, blood samples, dust, texts documents, or things. This evidence is studied, examined and analyzed to come to a conclusion at least the purpose of the events which took place. The context collected, identified and analyzed is then used as valid evidence during the trial in the law court and this evidence plays a crucial role in taking the trail to a certain direction. Evidence and testimonies are the basis of a judgment.
Here are a few advantages of digital forensics-
- The external auditors can intrigue into the evidence, reduce them or corrupt them with digital forensics; this risk of collecting sample evidence does not exist with computer forensics. You get the original evidence. The comparison of relevant types of data from different systems or sources to show a more complete picture
- The identification of the evidence and analyzing the same, and coming to a conclusion becomes easy and quicker. The technology helps a lot in making the process faster and less complex.
- The collection of evidence is a crucial part of the investigation process, and presenting evidence in court helps in taking the judgment of the case. Therefore, it is important to leave the collect the evidence It is hard to rely on physical evidence accumulator because of sensitive cases. Thus, digital forensics is more effective and reliable source.
- They help in the identification of trends about the company personnel which is not known to forensic accountants and consultants.
Thus, Digital Forensics is of big help in making the investigation process quick and easy and hence, productivity is also improved.