Digital Forensic Terms

Computer forensic analysis is the science and the art of acquiring, searching and interpreting digital data for criminal, business or private lawsuits or for private purposes. This data could be evidence of criminal activity, violation of internal regulations or this data could be important for another reason and inaccessible in normal ways.

Forensically means that evidence is acquired, analysed and interpreted in a manner which could be presented and justified publically and is acceptable to a court of law.

Computer forensic expert is a specialist, helping in the incident response process, his experience and analysis could help in offender's identification. He makes forensic reports used as evidence in a court of law and is able to justify his conclusions and defend them at a court of law.

Forensic report, made by a computer forensic expert, could be significant evidence - argument against the person that made losses or damages in a computer system - at a court of law or internal disciplinary administration