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- "My bachelors degree prepared me for the investigative nature of computer forensics. The course toward my master's degree have given me the in-depth knowledge of computers including hardware and software technology." -Doug Vitale
- "Now is the time to get involved in this field since it is relatively new and growing bigger by the day." -Jason Howell
- "Computer forensics is "the" field to be in because it is cutting edge, a field that changes in its procedures and challenges on a daily basis." -Bill
- "I wanted to do something different that challenged me in a whole new way. Computer forensics did just that, it was a challenging and exciting new career path for me." -Joey Smith
- "Statistics show that the field will only continue to grow in the future as the ubiquitous nature of the internet, computers, cellular telephones with computer-like capabilities, media, person digital assistants, and certainly, cybercriminals, are on the rise." -Chris
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Case E
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Computer forensic examiner protects financial brokerage firm from false customer claim
- This case involved a large financial broker hiring a forensic consulting agency to examine one of their customer’s home computers. The customer claimed that they could not access the financial broker’s secure website for an extended period, nor process transactions. The customer also claimed damages of approximately $4.5 million due to his inability to access the site.
- The customer’s home computer had been in continuous use by the family during the period when the customer claimed he could not access his investment portfolio. Computer forensic examiners were consulted to determine whether or not the computer had been used to access the secure website. The examiner had received several key words to use in conducting keyword searches, including key account numbers.
- The keywords hit. The account numbers produced a match in unallocated areas of the drive that when extracted, and re-built by the examiner into the form of an HTML document (web page format), were determined to be the bottom of the secure website. The examiner learned that the web page had been deleted from internet cache. The page plainly showed the customer account number, and just as significant, a date during the period of time the customer claimed he could not access the site. The financial broker’s webmaster verified that this could only have come from the secure website.
- The forensics examiner testified about his findings at the arbitration hearing. The opposing side produced an expert who claimed that data from unallocated space meant nothing and should not be considered. The forensic examiner’s testimony was accepted as accurate and the three member panel ruled in favor of the financial broker; awarding no damages. Further, cost and fees (normally split equally between parties) were reduced to 40% for the financial broker based on the strength of the evidence presented.
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