Digital Forensics: Investigating Cyber Incidents Through Evidence
When a cyber incident occurs, detecting the attack is only the beginning. Security teams also need to understand what happened, how the attacker gained access, what systems were affected, and whether sensitive information was compromised. Digital Forensics helps investigators collect, preserve, and analyze digital evidence to reconstruct security incidents and support appropriate response. What is Digital Forensics? Digital Forensics is the process of collecting, preserving, examining, and analyzing digital evidence from computers, mobile devices, networks, cloud environments, and other systems. The goal is to determine what happened while maintaining the integrity and reliability of the evidence. Why Digital Forensics is Important Helps reconstruct cyber incidents Identifies attack methods Determines affected systems Supports incident response Helps preserve evidence for investigations Can support legal and compliance requirements Common Sources of Digital Evidence Computers and Serve...