Digital Forensics Assignment Task

Running head: DIGITAL FORENSICS
DIGITAL FORENSICS – Signature Analysis
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DIGITAL FORENSICS
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Description of the method
Digital forensics is also known as computer forensics which is an application that allows
us to investigate digital crime and attacks. It can be stated that with the use of digital forensics it
becomes easy to investigate the crimes. Digital forensic are needed much in today’s world due to
excessive use of digital devices. It has been observed that the criminals have also become
stronger and technically wise (Choqueuse et al. 2017). Thus with the help of proper digital
forensic tools it becomes easy to protect the organization from possible threats. In this
assessment I have gained knowledge about the use of signature analysis in digital forensic.
Signature analysis is referred to the methodology that is used for the purpose of detecting the
authenticity of the signature. It becomes essential to ensure that the signatures used for any
forensic use are authenticating (Soltani and Seno 2017).
Critical evaluation of method
Signature analysis in digital forensic is mainly based on four things that are file
extensions incorrect, file header information, file sizes and naming conventions. It can be stated
that in order to manage the data efficiently it is important to safeguard the data with a proper
tool. Digital signature helps in protecting the system and data from possible attackers. It can be
stated that with the use of signature analysis it becomes easy to for the digital forensics to
identify whether the signature is of unknown person, or there is any match error or the signature
is an alias (Baig et al. 2017). Hence it can be stated that signature analysis is an effective part of
the digital forensic and this helps in removing the chances of criminal activities. Signature
verifications are applied for the cases such a fraud, cheating and forgery. There are several cases