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An Approach to formalizingthe Technical Investigationof Cyber Crime within LawEnforcementR. Thilagaraj* & N. Kala**KeywordsCyber Crime, Technical Investigation, Law Enforcement, Cyber Forensics, CyberAttacks, Hacking.AbstractThe objective of this paper is to widen the discussion surrounding thescores of global issues and the challenges of Cyber Crime investigation withtransnational scenario associated with Cyber Crime and the rapid growthof cyber criminality that are likely to occur. The perception of CyberCrime investigation focusing on Indian Law Enforcement perspective areintroduced by taking into consideration the following stages of initiation,assessment, risks, impact, planning, tools, training action and outcome soas to enable a structured approach in conducting a rigorous approach toCyber Crime investigation. Such a formalized structured framework willenrich the cyber forensicators with a better understanding of the multifariouselements of emerging networked technology.IntroductionINTERNET has gone beyond imagination since its inception in by Tim Berner Lee. “The world wide web” has now transformed theworld into a global village. Digital communication and interaction hasgrown to nearly two-thirds of world population. This has contributed infrastructure, and fundamental aspects of modern society.Author Intro. :* Professor and Head, Criminology Department, University of Madras, Chepauk,Chennai. Mylapore, Chennai.90 January - March, 2013