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This chapter introduces the concept of cyber forensics, digital evidence, and computer forensic process. Cyber forensics is defined as the application of computer science to laws — to process and analyze digital evidence, to reconstruct a crime, and to provide links among the offender, the victim and the crime scene. Basically Digital evidence includes all digital data, which can be used to establish that a crime has been committed or can provide a link between a crime and its victim or a crime and its perpetrator. The forensic process of digital evidences includes evidence recognition, collection, preservation, and analysis for crime reconstruction.
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Wang, JH. (2005). Cyber Forensics: Issues and Approaches. In: Kumar, V., Srivastava, J., Lazarevic, A. (eds) Managing Cyber Threats. Massive Computing, vol 5. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-24230-9_13
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