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This report will be focused on private investigations, since an incident occurred at a new start-up SME based in Luton.

Public investigations will be conducted by government agencies, and private investigations will be conducted by private computer forensic team. According to Nelson, B., et al., (2008), Public Investigations and Private or Corporate Investigations are the two distinctive categories that fall under Computer Forensics Investigations. Windows, Linux) and network operating systems (e.g. Computer Misuse Act 1990, the UK) and various computer operating systems (e.g. A successful Computer Forensic Investigator must be familiar with various laws and regulations related to computer crimes in their country (e.g. ProDiscover or Encase) to ensure the computer network system is secure in an organization. Computer Forensics Investigators work as a team to investigate the incident and conduct the forensic analysis by using various methodologies (e.g. “Computer Forensics involves obtaining and analysing digital information for use as evidence in civil, criminal or administrative cases (Nelson, B., et al., 2008)”.Ī Computer Forensic Investigation generally investigates the data which could be taken from computer hard disks or any other storage devices with adherence to standard policies and procedures to determine if those devices have been compromised by unauthorised access or not. To counteract those computer-related crimes, Computer Forensics plays a very important role. Computer technology is the major integral part of everyday human life, and it is growing rapidly, as are computer crimes such as financial fraud, unauthorized intrusion, identity theft and intellectual theft.