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الجمعة، 16 فبراير 2018

The Roles Of Computer Forensic Agent

By Patrick Campbell


Becoming a digital analyst is probably one of the most exciting careers because one will be dealing with lots of digital devices that help legal investigations. To delve into this career, one must obtain a relevant degree and acquire some certification to prove that they are qualified to work as Computer Forensic Agent. To add on that, you must have skills related to forensic science. All these skills combined will help you to recover lost or hidden information from devices and other storage devices. Usually, these analysts assist the law officers in cases related to cybercrime or criminal cases.

This field is normally the information security system of the law enforcement, and it is also related to criminal justice field. Most of the analysts tend to work for the law, and they must retrieve data like photos, documents, and emails from storage devices like hard disks, flash drives and zip that may have been deleted, manipulated or damaged.

Additionally, the experts examine the digital devices that might have been involved in illegal activities like cybercrime and hacking of the intelligence system. More so, these experts also offer protection to the digital gadgets from infiltration and investigate the main cause of their breakdown as they retrieve the data that was lost or destroyed either deliberately or accidentally.

Main duties of these experts are to apply the knowledge they have gained and use all their investigation tools to trace electronic data such web history, word documentation files, images and other essential files. They also use other technical skills in looking for lost, hidden or deleted information. They are thus very essential in criminal law enforcement bureaus in analyzing and evaluating any found data in relevance to the case.

For one to become a qualified specialist, they have to be very familiar with the operating systems of the digital devices, hardware, networks, security software, and creation of documents among other skills. They should also be experts in hacking as well as intrusion techniques and have excellent analytical skills so that they can provide the law enforcement with the information to trace down criminal activities.

It is also mandatory for one to have obtained a degree in either computer science or information technology and must have studied for at least four years. Criminal justice together with accounting is also relevant as they can equip one with more skills in the job. Upon the completion of studies, one should obtain some relevant experience before employment.

Upon completion of undergraduate studies and obtaining the relevant experience, one should attend further training in the field and pass the test so that they can be certified. This certification is given by the bodies governing this type of field. Without the certification, it might be challenging to obtain formal employment because most people need proof of qualification.

A qualified and certified analyst can then seek employment in related fields primarily criminal law. They then have to use all the skills they have learned to obtain any data that might be lost and which is crucial for investigation. More so, they can also extract any documents that have been hidden, assemble them and help law enforcement officers to analyze them.




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