A new company is offering training courses for IT
professionals in how to investigate computer crime.
Evidex, which was formed last month, offers courses for a range of
staff, including those responsible for IT security, fraud and
intellectual property, in the public and private sectors. Staff
responsible for dealing with unfair dismissal policies and
protecting an organisation's intellectual property will also be
targeted.
Training will focus on how to extract, preserve or process
electronic evidence, combined with information on legislation and
regulation. Staff will also be trained in how to safely enter a
computer system, network or data storage device and recover data
while preserving the chain of evidence.
"More than 93% of business communication is created electronically,
said Louise Potter, managing director of Evidex. "It is therefore
not surprising that more and more evidence is in digital form.
However, until now, courses on e-crime were run by, and aimed at,
law enforcement agencies. There has been little opportunity for
other organisations and businesses to learn about computer
forensics.
"Our training courses are geared towards helping organisations
realise that there is more to e-crime than the retrieval of
evidence - it is also about the legalities behind it, such as who
can do it, under what circumstances and how organisations can
protect both their staff and themselves."