The Association of
Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has released a
new guide to
collecting electronic evidence.
The Good Practice Guide for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
has been revised by experts to reflect recent developments in
computer forensic investigation techniques.
The new version includes directions for working with volatile
electronic data and aims to allow users to extract evidence from
live systems and networks.
The guide was launched at the ACPO e-crime conference, which
explored the rapidly changing nature of policing cyber-crime.
It was produced with information security services firm
7Safe.
Alan Phillips, managing director of 7Safe, said, "The Guide is
recognised as the definitive rule book for digital forensic
investigations. In addition to criminal cases, any type of
contentious incident in the workplace is almost certain to involve
large amounts of electronic evidence, and dealing with this data in
the appropriate way can prevent far-reaching problems."
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