Advanced Digital Forensic Solutions Inc. has recently created software that can potentially help law enforcements agents analyze large amounts of data contained on suspect computers to identify evidence quickly. This evidence can then be used in the decision to whether a computer requires further analysis in order to solve a case. “According to the FBI computer forensics team, between 1998 and 2003, the number of cyber crime cases increased threefold, but the amount of data increased 46 times,” said J.J. Wallia, CEO and co-founder of ADF solutions. With this new software, large amounts of data can be analyzed, focusing on crimes such as ID theft, financial crimes and counterfeiting.

     Computer forensics entails gathering and examining data from a range of electronic media. The data that is to be examined can be photographs, downloaded texts, documents, e-mails, and images. These things are all stored to the hard drive. This data can then be presented by the computer forensics team to the court of law as evidence in order to convict a suspect. Computer forensic investigators will often work on this by taking a copy of suspected electronic media using specialized forensic examinations software tools and then searches for and extracts particular data used to investigate a specific crime. A computer forensics expert will then be able to limit the potential for damage to data or evidence by following the ACPO (Association of Chief Police Officers) guidelines for retrieving electronic evidence. This evidence can then be turned in and used to help solve a case. Computer forensics has time and again proved themselves useful for new digital crimes and will be even more so in the future with newer technologies.