Current Status and Development Trend of Research of Computer Forensic

With the popularity of computer and network technology, information security problem is increasingly highlighted, and the computer related crime phenomenon more and more. Computer forensics to protect information security and to crack down on computer crime provides scientific methods and means, can provide evidence of the court need. This paper first gives the definition of computer forensics, and then introduces the features of computer evidence, principles and classification of computer forensics, finally describes the research status of computer forensics, points out the problems existing in the computer forensics and its development trend is forecasted.