How else might Computer Forensics be employed?
Computer Forensics may also be used in cases of unauthorized disclosure or copying of sensitive business data, such as customer databases, price lists and employee payrolls, whether by accident or by intent; fraud and deception; Internet abuse by employees including downloading of pornography; industrial espionage by “crackers” and subsequent damage assessment; recovery of data thought to be deleted; revelation of data hidden or included in temporary or swap files; access to encrypted, password-protected data. In general, as computers have moved into the mainstream, they are employed in more instances where sensitive information is sent by e-mail, instant messaging, FTP or copied on disk. Computer Forensics investigators can help validate the integrity of this computer data and interpret it.
