Last year, two employees of AdvantaCare Health Partners resigned and launched their own start-up. Prior to leaving, they copied patient databases, confidential business plans, and other trade secrets, and used this information to compete with AdvantaCare. Before leaving, they tried to conceal what they had done by deleting copied files. This case, which is common at companies with valued intellectual property (IP), was resolved through computer forensics. With IP theft, or compromised customer privacy data stored electronically, an effective computer forensics examination will identify those responsible…
