Police and Security, Vol. 20 No. 1, 2011.
Professional paper
Computer data as digital evidence
Nikola Protrka
; Police Academy, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
This article explains what computer evidence is, and what is its importance for the further course of the proceedings, identifying some potential types of computer evidence, and where they can all reside in a digital format. As computer technology advances, so advances the technology of storing computer data, which today are all around us. Collecting such data, which can be later used as evidence in proceedings, must be done professionally. By signing the Convention on Cybercrime, the Republic of Croatia has assumed the liability for criminal acts in the domain of computer crime, and thus the number of new legal solutions in the field of computer (digital) evidence. In police practice, more and more police officers are faced with computer evidence, since they are present in more crimes. In order to better collect and analyze such evidence, the police officers should have a basic understanding of concepts and methods of computer work, computer equipment or other devices containing computer (digital) evidence and they must be familiar with the proper method of sealing and storage of such evidence.
Keywords
computer evidence; computer crime; cybercrime; computer forensic; computer forensic analysis
Hrčak ID:
79204
URI
Publication date:
15.6.2011.
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