Archive for the ‘Computer Forensics’ Category
Computer Forensics – don’t ignore the tapes
July 23rd, 2009 | Author: Mark
Much Computer Forensic work is associated with data recovery from hard disk drives, USB pens and other common data storage media. Even the television drama departments appear to believe that data is stored only on this limited range of media, I don’t have a back catalogue to check against but I am pretty certain that on Spooks there has never been an analysis of a DLT or LTO tape cartridge. So what about tape? Probably the largest volume of data stored in the world is on tape, so is it of any value in forensic investigations and litigation work?
The hard disk drive in a computer system contains the most up-to date information along with other forensically valuable information such as internet history and local temporary files, so why should you bother looking at the backup tapes?
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Time someone guarded the guards?
July 2nd, 2009 | Author: Mark
The NHS London “Serious Untoward Incidence Report Summary for 2008-2009” makes rather interesting reading, showing how many minor incidents have resulted in large amounts of data being “mislaid”, potentially in to the hands of persons who would use it for nefarious purposes. You can currently find the incident summary here.
What seems clear is that whilst information storage has undergone a massive technological development, the care of information has been neglected to a shocking extent.
