Digital forensics tools are hardware and software tools that can be used to aid in the recovery and preservation of digital evidence Law enforcement can use
Digital forensics (or “computer forensic”) is rapidly becoming a substantial part of computer investigations all over the world used by both law enforcement
FORENSIC TOOLS BACKGROUND Electronic evidence has become central to investigations into all types of crime with data collected from a range of sources
This research focuses on industry standard forensic software such as: Guidance Software® EnCase® Forensic 6 AccessData® FTK® (Forensic Toolkit) 5 as well as
In the Computer Forensics Tool Testing (CFTT) project NIST developed methodologies to validate a range of forensics tools initally focusing on data
also provides background information on PDA hardware and software Keywords : Computer Forensics, Handheld Devices, Forensic Tools Introduction