What does Forensic Technology within a public practice involve?
Forensic technology or computer forensics was essentially concerned with the recovery and rebuilding of computer records and data as evidence in legal proceedings. However, in the past 6 years its significance to other areas of business has increased. Computer forensics is now a skill increasingly sought across the Professional Services sector in support of insolvency and forensic accounting investigations and corporate intelligence. Data Protection and Management • Data-recovery services to help access information that may have been lost due to hardware or software malfunction • Preventative analysis of systems to detect the existence of network intrusions or fraudulent transactions. For instance, unwanted computer use can sometimes be detected by analysing unusual patterns or repeat transactions • Data storage and management advice, to ensure information can still be recovered in years to come, despite changes in technology • Protection of computer systems to minimise the possibility
