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Key Takeaways

Forensics VS Cybersecurity

While they sound similar, computer forensics and cybersecurity are actually quite different. At the root, cybersecurity is focused on prevention while computer forensics is more reactionary in nature. Cybersecurity experts work to keep hackers out, while computer forensics experts focus on how to move forward once a hacker has gotten in.

These two fields work directly together in keeping cyber criminals at bay. A cybersecurity team will specifically create security systems to keep data and information secure. In the event that their efforts fail, a computer forensics team finds how the breach happened and works to recover the data.

Forensics Jobs

  • Information Security Crime Investigator
  • Computer Forensics Engineer
  • Digital Forensics
  • Computer Forensics
  • Cyber Forensics
  • Computer Forensics Specialist

Responsibilities

  • Readiness
  • Evaluation
  • Collection
  • Analysis
  • Presentation
  • Review

Skills

  • Computing hardware/software
  • OSs
  • Networks
  • Programming languages
  • ISO
  • COBIT/ITIL
  • Cybersecurity systems and standards
  • Organization
  • Analysis
  • Communication
  • Presentation
  • Time Management

Vocabulary

Computer Forensics:

  • a field of technology that uses investigative techniques to identify and store evidence from a computer device. Often, computer forensics is used to uncover evidence that could be used in a court of law. Computer forensics also encompasses areas outside of investigations

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