Week 1 - The Place of Digital Forensics

Question 1

What is the difference between Digital Forensics and Computer Security?

Answer 1

Computer Security focuses of protections, prevention and recovery.
Digital Forensics focuses on detection, evidence, event reconstruction and reporting.

Question 2

What is cybersecurity?

Answer 2

The combination of processes, technologies, and controls designed to safeguard, machines, organisational networks, and information from cyber attacks.

Question 3

What is Digital Forensics?

Answer 3

The procedure of revealing, securing, retrieving and intrepreting electronic content.

Question 4

What are the similarities of Digital Forensics and Computer Security?

Answer 4

They address contexts where digital systems and digital information are the primary focus.
They both actively aim to detect unathorised activity.
They often deploy similar technologies as a means to determine the occurrense, nature and effect of such unauthorused activity.

Question 5

What is the primary role of a digital forensics analyst?

Answer 5

Preparing digital evidence for criminal proceedings.

Question 6

What are some types of digital forensic jobs?

Answer 6

Law enforcement - cybercrime invesitgations.

Public Sector - inhouse investigations that don’t normally go to court.