If proper care is taken during the identification and collection of digital data—a process often referred to as “bag and tag”—a mistake in later stages of the investigation may be recoverable, but mistakes made in the initial identification and collection are rarely reversible.
Sometimes the need for formalized computer forensics methodologies is not clear to investigators at the onset of an investigation. One of the best examples of this type of situation is in the commercial setting when the computer of a terminated employee is given the once-over by an internal information technology staff member.
WLANs, especially unsecured WLANs, can introduce the possibility of challenges ...