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The Indian Police Journal process documentation method would facilitate a solid evidence.Analysis phase involves a trustworthy effort to thoroughly analyze are used to perform the analysis, detailed method of analysis bedocumented, date and time issues must be correlated and theresults of analysis must be properly interpreted. A detailed Plan ofAction during analysis will help to prevent committing mistakes,which otherwise could lead to evidence being inadmissible.Event reconstruction is the next phase, wherein past events arereconstructed with as little distortion or bias as possible. Finally,for either a trial in the court or internal investigation, as the casemay be.Conclusion critical infrastructure. Home users, social networks, business/corporatenetwork are the operation of communication through the use ofInternet. A major concern of the criminality in the Internet is globaleconomy. The technical complexity has made Cyber Forensics a majorchallenge, both for the Law Enforcement and Forensics personnel aswell who are reacting to this growing threat. More formalized andstructured approach facilitated by a way of best practices, policies andprocedures is the need of the hour.•References1. 10 th UN Congress on Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offendersavailable online.2. FBI Homepage, visited on July 2010.3. iC3 Annual Report, www.iC3.gov, 2010.4. CERT-in Annual Report, 2010.5. http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-12-03/news/30471838_1_cyber-attacks-hackers-symantec-india, 2012.6. A rigorous approach to formalizing the technical investigation stages ofCyber Crime, Criminality within a UK law enforcement environment,Digital Investigation (2011); 7(3-4):105-113.January - March, 2013103