This is a true story. A prosecuting attorney hired a self proclaimed computer forensics expert. The individual had credentials as a former law enforcement agent. His experience was monitoring on line computer activities mostly chat rooms. The individual unfortunately was not knowledgeable in the area of the inner workings of a computer. Much to the surprise of the defense attorney this individual down loaded his own hard drive instead of the accused and attempted to prove that there was indeed pornography on the accused computer. Thankfully the defense attorney in this case hired an expert that simply pointed out that the opposing expert had downloaded his own hard drive and was proving that he had pornography on his own hard drive. The case was dismissed. Don’t get caught hiring a computer forensics expert that is not trained and certified.
If you would like to know a simple question (and answer) that would have saved an embarrassing moment for the prosecutor please follow the link below. We'll also send you a paper containing more qualifying questions.
"Ten Questions to Ask The Opposing Computer Forensics Expert"
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