Author(s)

Richard Kabanda, Harihar Thapa, Luis Rivera

College of Engineering, University of New Haven, West Haven, USA.

This summary paper will discuss the concept of forensic evidence and evidence collection methods. Emphasis will be placed on the techniques used to collect forensically sound digital evidence for the purpose of introduction to digital forensics. This discussion will thereafter result in identifying and categorizing the different types of digital forensics evidence and a clear procedure for how to collect forensically sound digital evidence. This paper will further discuss the creation of awareness and promote the idea that competent practice of computer forensics collection is important for admissibility in court.

Electronic Discovery Reference Model, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Message-Digest Algorithm, Secure Hash Algorithm, Forensically Sound Digital Evidence

Kabanda, R. , Thapa, H. and Rivera, L. (2023) Forensics: Collection of Sound Digital Evidence. Journal of Information Security, 14, 454-463. doi: 10.4236/jis.2023.144025.