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Email Forensics In Criminal Investigations

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In the modern digital age, emails have become a standard form of communication on the internet. A criminal’s email traffic offers an alternative source of data pertaining to their criminal activities. Computer forensic analysts must now have a means of analyzing this email traffic. Computer forensic analysts can gain valuable data from emails by using the right tools. This data aids in a criminal investigations or other legal proceedings. Email forensics is only useful thru proper collection and analysis of the data. This ensures that data is admissible and useful in the court of law. Failure to properly conduct analysis can have legal ramification. It is important that an analyst choose the right tool to carry out this task. The best to choose

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