FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions:

What is Computer Forensics (CF)?
The application of the scientific method to digital media in order to establish factual information for judicial review. (*)

Why hire a CF Investigator?
e-Evidence is extremely fragile and can be deleted easily. Only a trained professional should process e-Evidence.

What is eDiscovery?
The discovery in civil litigation which deals with information in electronic form, [which] is the representation of information as binary numbers. (*)

What is the chain-of-custody?
A concept in jurisprudence which applies to the handling of evidence and its integrity. Also refers to the document or paper trail showing the seizure, custody, control, transfer, analysis, and disposition of physical and electronic evidence. (*)

When I delete a file, is it really deleted?
Not necessarily. In most cases, it can be retrieved in full.

How can you crack passwords?
Using professional-grade tools, most passwords can be cracked. The trade off is time and CPU power.

If someone deleted their Temporary Internet Files and History, can you still find out what websites they visited?
Yes. There are many places where this information is kept by Windows. A trained CF Investigator can retrieve this information in a court-admissible manner.

What is a reasonable expectation of privacy?
One's expectation that their confidentional information should be protected from third-parties when they are located in a place that should be considered private, such as their home.

(*) Definition provided by Wikipedia.com

Glossary

Throughout this site, though we attempted to not fall into "geekspeak", some technical terms were used. For your convenience, we provide you with this glossary of technical terms. Please feel free to contact us if you were to have additional questions.

Certifications:
CCNA: Certified Cisco Network Associate
CEH: Certified Ethical hacker
CEI: Certified EC Council Instructor
CHFI: Certified Hacking Forensics Investigator
CISSP: Certified Information Systems Security Professional
MCSE: Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer

e-Evidence: Electronic Evidence. Please read more here.

Ethical Hacking: using the same tools & techniques as hackers to map out the vulnerabilities that threaten an organization's information. Read more here.

Phishing: pretending to be someone that you are not in order to con victims into providing confidential information.

Slack Space: the area between the end of a file and the end of the last cluster or sector used by that file. (*)

Steganography: the action of hiding a document inside of another file, like a picture or an MP3 file, for example. Special tools are required to discover such files.