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With the number of cyber attacks escalating, dealing with digital evidence is becoming a pressing issue. Simon Janes gives you a helping hand, guiding you right through from the crime scene to the court room If disaster strikes, the first impulse is to get systems up and running again. But as Illena Armstrong discovers, that could be a bad move Typically, IT security professionals couldn't care less about public relations. They are too busy trying to keep their companies' computer systems securely up and running. And that particular duty is not simple. The Department of Justice Thursday said an investigation this summer into online fraud and crime has led to more than 150 arrests or convictions nationwide. Scientists at the University of Surrey have been given £500,000 to develop close circuit television cameras that will alert police to crime scenes. Spam is more than a simple time and bandwidth drain. It is a problem that many organizations are having a tough time eradicating. German law enforcement officials arrested an 18-year old man suspected of creating the Sasser worm that infected thousands of computers running Windows last week, Microsoft announced Saturday. Knowing when to call in a professional can be the most important decision an organization can make when it comes to security breaches – you can’t take chances if there’s a known breach or overwhelming evidence that one has occurred. Marcia Savage sees a storm rolling in as phishing statistics jump alarmingly and the e-commerce industry finds itself facing a collapse in public confidence The recent Techno-Security Conference in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina brought out a bevy of IT security officers, IT administrators, law enforcement types and others to learn about what they can do to better their organization's infosecurity posture. In this article, the concept of 'data responsibility' is proposed, a concept which requires the realization that - in the modern electronic age - owners and users of information which may be regarded as private (credit card details and other personally identifiable information) must take some responsibility for the guardianship of this information. A lot of new terms have come at us over the past decade as computers have reached an unbelievable level of sophistication and speed. Since the late 1980s, corporations have invested heavily in network and information systems technology to create network-based applications that can be used by employees, partners and clients regardless of their physical location. A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to sit in on a class on computer forensics, courtesy of Guidance Software. Since its passage in October last year, everyone (in the U.S. at least) has heard of the Patriot Act (USAPA). It is 342 pages of reform extending the powers of international intelligence agencies and law enforcement organizations. In the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist events in the United States, the fear that malevolent hackers and other criminal perpetrators might unleash a cyberattack on the Internet is becoming an increasing concern. Certification is just the start. Real professionals learn to share with others of like mind, says Mark Fischer When computer forensics is an essential component of an internal investigation, lack of familiarity with the legal and technical issues involved can prompt management to assign that component to its management information security staff.

WiebeTech's forensic kits tackle two very specific points of pain for forensic investigators: conducting field acquisition and transporting data safely (to prevent damage and ensure the chain of evidence is unchallengeable).

EnCase from Guid-ance Software has been at the vanguard of forensics software for some time - and with good reason.
Now in version 4.14, the solution is a powerful ­ collection of correlation and analysis tools, designed to make the forensic investigator's job as easy as possible.