Computer forensics gave Michael Fiola his life back. Fiola is the former investigator with the Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents who found himself summarily dismissed after an IT check ...

Information Security (InfoSec) is the practice of protecting information from risks such as unauthorised access, disclosure, ...

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 ...

Digital forensics has evolved to address the challenges posed by the widespread adoption of cloud computing. As organisations increasingly rely on remote and decentralised infrastructures, ...

Digital forensics What is digital forensics? Digital forensics is the process of identifying, processing, analysing, and ...

It’s the hottest topic on prime time television, but crime scene investigation is increasingly more complex than what’s depicted in a glitzy one-hour drama. Information technology students at ...

The security of cloud computing is an area I've been following at a distance because I don't currently have any clients who have seriously considered moving any of their data and services into the ...

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 ...

Every now and then, forensic experts or just curious novices will have to investigate technologies using tools that are not always readily available. For that reason, this post explores simple ways ...

Computer forensics and a question mark served as big points of contention Friday at the third murder trial of Michael Johnson. Johnson is being tried a third time for the killing of 16-year-old ...

A European consortium has come up with a high-speed digital forensic computer dedicated to the task of quickly offloading and analyzing all computer records from email or picture files to database ...

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 ...