1. Investigation and Seizure

What does Digital Forensics mean?

• Applying computer scientific tests or techniques to help solve a crime

• Is a legal order issued by the Courts that allows officers to arrest someone

• When someone enters a building with the intent to steal something or commit a crime

• Analysing and examining clothes, blood, hair, footprints or marks left by tools or weapons.

The Computer Misuse Act 1990 makes it an offence to plant or transfer viruses

• True
• False

The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, allows organisations to access digital communication, ISPs, Businesses and individual communications and storage

• True
• False

Why was the Computer Misuse Act of 1990 introduced?

• To help protect computer software
• To help protect computer hardware
• To stop the spread of computer viruses
• To stop people from accessing unauthorised information. 

What does RIPA stand for?

• Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act

• Regulation of Information Powers Act

• Recovery of Investigatory Powers Act

• Recovery of Information Powers Act

The most relevant part of the Human Rights Act in relation to Digital Forensics is...

• The right to privacy

• Freedom of thought, conscience and religion

• Freedom of expression

• The right to life

It is the responsibility of who to supervise the execution of a warrant and the security of the site and potential evidence.

• Lead investigator

• First officer on scene

• Highest ranking officer within the district

• All people who enter the crime scene

Where possible, the original contents of a device are copied and preserved, leaving the original data untouched.

The tool that does this is called...

• Write Blocker

• Copy Machine

• Universal Serial Bus

• WinZip

Forensic readiness means that the company or organisation has built-in the ability to collect, preserve, protect and analyse any potential digital evidence from their computers

• True

• False

An investigation can only be carried out when ....

• there is a suspicion that a crime has been committed.

• a person has a criminal history

• a witness to an incident owns a mobile device

• when working within a 'high security' company