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"INFORMATION THEFT WILL BE EXPERIENCED AT SOME POINT.
IT’S NOT A MATTER OF “IF” INFORMATION THEFT WILL OCCUR BUT “WHEN” INFORMATION WILL BE STOLEN."

Computer Forensics:

Computer Forensics is a scientific definition of computer related investigations.

Computer forensics is the autopsy of a computer hard disk as highly sophisticated and complex utilities and techniques are used to analyze the various levels where data are stored.

Preservation, identification, extraction and documentation of computer evidence are the main keys to any successful computer investigation.

Computer Forensics is gaining a wide range of popularity in the corporate sector, unlike in the past decade where it was used only in military and law enforcement agencies.

Computer Forensics in the Corporate World:

The need of Computer Forensics Investigations in the corporate world is growing due to the following figures:

  • 30 to 40% of Internet use in the workplace is not related to business.
  • 64% of employees say they use the Internet for personal interest during working hours
  • 70% of all Internet porn traffic occurs during the nine-to-five workday.
  • 37% of workers say they surf the Web constantly at work.
  • 90% of employees feel the Internet can be addictive
  • Around 80% of computer crimes and data theft is committed by insiders.
  • 60% of Security Breaches occur within the Company - behind the Firewall
  • Most studies show 70% of companies have had pornographic sites accessed using their network.
  • 32.6% of workers surf the net with no specific objective; men are twice as likely as women.
  • A company with 1,000 Internet users could lose upwards of $35 million in productivity annually from just an hour of daily Web surfing by employees.
  • Nearly 80% of instant messaging in companies is done over public IM services such as AOL, MSN and Yahoo, exposing companies to security risks.
  • 45% of the executable files downloaded through Kazaa contain malicious code.
  • 73% of all movie searches on file-sharing networks were for pornography.
  • A company can be liable for up to $150K per pirated work if it is allowing employees to use the corporate network to download copyrighted material.
  • 44% of corporate employees actively use streaming media.

 

 

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