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Article: Computer Sleuth: Beating down the evidence trail with computer forensics.
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- California CPA
- Article date:
- March 1, 2003
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Think Sherlock Holmes sans the goofy hat and magnifying glass. Today's digital sleuths enlist the tactics that once were only the purview of FBI and police investigators.
The tools of computer forensics play a vital role in resolving matters in the corporate world and litigation process by enhancing the evidence pool, establishing truths otherwise left undiscovered and, consequently, contributing to more efficient and rapid resolution, judgments or settlements.
But as computer forensics and electronic discovery--its legal-oriented practice subset--are becoming more a part of the litigation fabric, lawyers, CPAs and other professionals are exclaiming, "I ...