Digital Forensics: Identifying Data Recovery Tools for Music Company

This report, prepared from the perspective of a forensic investigator working for DigiFirm, analyzes three data recovery tools: Mac Keeper Files Recovery, Mac Data Recovery, and Recuva for Mac, to recommend the best solution for a music company suspecting intellectual property theft. The report details the capabilities of each tool, including their ability to recover deleted files, protect against malware, and address data loss scenarios. Mac Keeper offers multi-layered protection and junk file removal, while Mac Data Recovery focuses on addressing hardware failures and software corruption. Recuva for Mac excels at recovering files lost due to human error and social engineering attacks. The report ultimately recommends Mac Data Recovery as the most suitable option for the music company, justifying the choice based on its ability to recover lost files and protect the company's intellectual property. The conclusion emphasizes the significance of data recovery tools in safeguarding intellectual property and summarizes the key features of each tool discussed.

Running head: IDENTIFYING CAPABILITIES OF DATA RECOVERY TOOLS
Identifying capabilities of data recovery tools
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Abstract
Data protection is very much significant for the growth of commercial business
establishments such as the music industry. There are numerous ways by which our data can
be protected from getting theft such as the deployment of data recovery tool or enactment of
Data Protection Act. Managing the intellectual properties of a business is very much required
to monitor the growth in the business and to continue with its prosperity. This report shall be
very much helpful to Andrea who is the president of a music organization and she is
suspecting that one of her employees is stealing the intellectual properties of the business.
The report shall identify and recommend the exact data recovery tool required by that music
organization to recover the lost data files, the report shall be written from the perspective of a
forensic investigator working for DigiFirm investigation organization.

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction............................................................................................................................2
2. Role of forensic investigator..................................................................................................2
3. Capabilities of Mac Keeper Files Recovery...........................................................................2
4. Capabilities of Mac Data Recovery.......................................................................................3
5. Capabilities of Recuva for Mac..............................................................................................4
6. Best choice for the scenario...................................................................................................4
6.1 Justification of recommendation......................................................................................5
7. Conclusion..............................................................................................................................5
8. Reference................................................................................................................................7

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1. Introduction
The tools which are used to recover both unstructured and structured data are defined
as the data recovery tools (Plum & Dewald, 2018). There are diverse categories of data
recovery tools that are deployed in commercial settings to maintain the security and integrity
of the business data such as Mac Keeper Files Recovery tool, and Mac Data Recovery.
The prime objective of this report is to help Andrea who is the president, as well as
the owner of a music organization and she is suspecting that one of her employees is stealing
the intellectual properties of the organization. The report shall be written from the perspective
of a forensic investigator who works for the DigiFirm investigation organization. Thus, this
report shall help Andrea to identify the exact data recovery tool which can be used to recover
the lost files of her music company.
2. Role of forensic investigator
Collecting and securing of evidence from a crime scene is one of the top
responsibilities of a forensic investigator. The role of the computer forensic investigator is
very much essential to address the data security threats which comes from both inside or
outside a commercial setting.
3. Capabilities of Mac Keeper Files Recovery
Multi layered protection from diverse categories of malware is provided by this
application, at the same time it can also be said that diverse categories of online threats can be
prevented due to the deployment of this online security application (MacKeepe, 2020). This
security application is very much reliable to be incorporated in any sort of commercial
organization. The security of both employee data, as well as employer data, can be managed
with the help of this security application. Personal digital privacy can also be maintained with

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the help of this security application as well, this application is also very much essential to
prevent data theft which is becoming common in most of the global corporate establishments
in the recent times. The junk files in any computer or mobile system can be removed with the
help of this security software. The useless applications in a system can be detected and
removed with the help of this security application. This security system can be successfully
used in most of the devices which are developed by Apple Corporation. Issues like data
duplication can also be avoided with the help of this application. Most of the unused widgets
and extensions which might cause security concerns can be detected with the help of this
application as well.
4. Capabilities of Mac Data Recovery
Mac Data Recovery is a utility data recovery package which is used in most of the
global commercial establishments such as Apple Corporation and IBM (Mac Data Recovery,
2020). This package is very much economical to be used by both global corporate
establishments as well as the small and medium sized industries all around the world.
Challenges like data loss can be successfully addressed with the help of this package. This
package is also very much useful to address issue such as hardware failure and accidental
formatting of computer drives. Issues like software corruption can also be avoided with the
help of this security package. Issues coming from harmful computer viruses can also be
effected due to the use of this package. Recovering essential and confidential data from any
private is lot more easier using this package. This security package do not have any sort of
security issues with the other applications which are there in the computer systems or mobile
devices. The chances of data corruption decreases if this package is successfully incorporated
in any organizational setting. The time machine feature of this package is very much essential
to deal with unexpected data damage and challenges from corrupt data.

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5. Capabilities of Recuva for Mac
It is one of the most popular software product which can be used in both bigger and
smaller business organizations (Recuva for Mac, 2020). This file recovery software can be
very much useful to recover the files which gets lost due to the internal and external data
security threats like human error and the social engineering attacks. This software can be
used to store and manage essential data from computer systems, cameras, USB, iPhone, and
several other electronic devices which are used for transmission of data. Challenges due to
call recovery and data recovery from the default calendars of the mobile devices can also be
addressed with the help of this software. Data hard drives can be fully recovered with the
help of this software product, at the same time, it can also be said that this software. There are
numerous data recovery mode related with this software product which can be used across
different business environments, these modes are very much essential to restore lost files,
these recovery modes are very much user friendly and can be used by both technical and non-
technical persons. This software product has very fewer compatibility issues with any of the
Mac devices, however, this product has a limitation as well, such as it cannot be used in any
other platform other than Apple.
6. Best choice for the scenario
Considering the discussed capabilities of each of the three data recovery tools, it can
be recommended that Mac Data Recovery package can be the most useful data recovery
tool for Andrea.
6.1 Justification of recommendation
This data recovery application can be very beneficial for Andrea as it can not only her
to get back the files she has lost but also help her to maintain the security of the intellectual
properties of her music company for a longer period of time. Her music company shall be

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free from business threats like data loss if this software package is successfully incorporated.
The other reason behind the selection of this tool is that none of the other software
applications shall be affected if this package is installed. The music corporation shall be free
from issue like data corruption and unexpected damage of intellectual properties due to the
use of this software package as well. One of the other reason which can indicate that this
software package is more feasible than the other three is that the features of this packages
always get updated with new security patches which is very difficult to get compromised.
7. Conclusion
Intellectual properties of any commercial setting can be secured using data recovery
tools like Mac Data Recovery and Mac Keeper Files Recovery tool. From the perspective of a
forensic investigator it can be said that data security can be compromised from both external
and internal threats. Mac Keeper Files Recovery provides multi layered protection from the
data security coming from both inside or outside a business environment. Personal digital
privacy can be maintained using this application, at the same time, it can also be concluded
that this application is also very much useful for the identification of the junk files which are
stored in computer systems. The unused extensions and widgets can also be identified using
this application. Mac Data Recovery package can be very much useful in both bigger and
smaller organizational settings as it can help them to protect the integrity of the business data
and the other essential intellectual business properties which are usually stolen by the
fraudsters. Recuve is a software product which is used to protect data from human errors and
social engineering attacks, the data recovery mode of this software is very much useful to
recover any type of lost data. Mac Data Recovery package is most feasible for Andrea to
recover the files she lost as one of her sound technicians compromised the original music
score of the organization.

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8. Reference
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Plum, J., & Dewald, A. (2018, August). Forensic APFS File Recovery. In Proceedings of the
13th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (pp. 1-10).
Recuva for Mac - Recover Files on Mac |File Recovery App. Recuvaformac.com. (2020).
Retrieved 21 March 2020, from http://www.recuvaformac.com/.