Neil Barrett gives some insight into how IT workers can help law enforcement and expert witnesses like himself when prosecuting cybercriminals. My day job is a rather unusual one; I'm a computer expert witness, principally in criminal prosecutions and primarily for the police. I help to identify, preserve, analyse and - perhaps most importantly - present computer-derived evidence. My job is to make sure the jury - usually complete computer novices - have the best possible chance of understanding and appreciating the nature of the technology and arguments involved. It's a fascinating, challenging, frustrating and deeply rewarding occupation... More (Silicon)

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Computer forensics have played a lead role in fraud investigations for some time. In the coming year, look for the emergence of real-time, diagnostic software that will enable corporations to detect “red flags” of potential accounting fraud or other types of financial misconduct.

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The call sounded like an advertisement for a credit card security plan. Someone in London had purchased a piece of Americana, a toy tractor from Ohio, with the credit card number of an Old Colony Road resident. Capital One credit card company called Wakefield police to report a case of identity theft. The criminal's tool was the Internet, a growing challenge for law enforcement all over the world. Wakefield Police Department handled roughly 50 cybercrime cases last year, but Det. Sgt. Gerald Curran believes that many more cases go unreported...

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Gavin Hyde-Blake, the manager of IT forensics at Carratu International, the corporate investigation company, offers a crumb of comfort to besieged corporates. "Most hackers are lazy," he says. "Make their life difficult and most will walk away."

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You can dust for fingerprints after a robbery, but you wouldn't dust a hard drive after a cybercrime. That's where computer forensics comes in. It helps law enforcement agents copy and analyze information stored on hard drives and devices such as cell phones and BlackBerrys. One of the newest computer forensics systems on the market is the portable RoadMASSter II from Intelligent Computer Solutions. It looks like a thick metal briefcase on wheels and opens to reveal a keyboard, 15-inch thin-film transistor color LCD display and data-copying devices...

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