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chapter 1 computer forensics and investigations as a profession

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Maintaining Professional<br />

St<strong>and</strong>ards<br />

Professional conduct<br />

Determines your credibility<br />

Includes ethics, morals, <strong>and</strong> st<strong>and</strong>ards of behavior<br />

Maintaining objectivity means you must form <strong>and</strong><br />

sustain unbi<strong>as</strong>ed opinions of your c<strong>as</strong>es<br />

Maintain an investigation’s credibility by keeping<br />

the c<strong>as</strong>e confidential<br />

In the corporate environment, confidentiality is critical<br />

In rare instances, your corporate c<strong>as</strong>e might<br />

become a criminal c<strong>as</strong>e <strong>as</strong> serious <strong>as</strong> murder<br />

Objectivity<br />

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If the law h<strong>as</strong> made you a witness, remain a<br />

man of science, you have no victim to<br />

avenge, no guilty or innocent person to<br />

convict or save – you must bear testimony<br />

within the limits of science.<br />

-- Dr. P. C. Brouardel, 19 th century French forensic scientist<br />

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