IT Forensics: the collection of and presentation of digital evidence.

This paper deals with the following concepts: Digital evidence, IT forensics, the nature of digital evidence, the relevance of digital evidence, the digital audit trail, digital evidence and forensic science, the hearsay nature of digital evidence, documentary evidence and digital evidence, the best evidence rule, the role of digital evidence, the investigative framework, authorization to collect digital evidence, the acquisition of digital evidence, the analysis of digital evidence, reporting on digital evidence, the presentation of testimony relating to digital evidence.