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RCFL SERVICES
An RCFL is a single-service computer forensic
laboratory devoted entirely to the
examination of digital evidence in support of
criminal investigations such as, but not limited
to:
• Terrorism
• Child pornography
• Crimes of violence
• The theft or destruction of intellectual
property
• Internet crimes
• Fraud
“COMPUTER FORENSICS VS.
CYBERCRIME”
More often than not, there is a misperception
that computer forensics and cybercrime
investigations are one and the
same. Not so. The two are really quite
different, from their applications, purpose,
and end results. A cybercrime may
involve a range of offenses from copyright
infringement, computer intrusions,
hacking, Internet fraud, theft of trade
secrets, child pornography/exploitation,
to Internet harassment, etc. Cybercrime
investigators must find the perpetrators
responsible for such acts and assemble
enough evidence to charge them with
the crime.
Computer forensics professionals do not
conduct investigations, rather, their job
is to find and decipher digital evidence
that may be located on any type of
electronic equipment such as a computer,
cell phone, pager or fax. The job
of interpreting the evidence falls to the
investigator and the prosecutors, not to
the computer forensic Examiners. Their
impartiality and objectivity are very
important and lend credibility to the
Examiners’ findings in court.
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