Fend-Off Attacks Research Paper

The rapidly evolving economy has led to companies being largely controlled by an IT infrastructure as it is an important part of business operations, and it bridges communication gaps well. Those corporations that pay no heed to the necessity of computer forensics in the modern age risk damage to digital resources and intellectual property. A singular breach into the system can lead to massive financial loss[1]; subsequently leading to bad publicity of the business and prolonged losses in the long run. The methods used by attackers to breach into networks are constantly advancing as a result of experts who are able to fend off attacks. This is a cause for concern for experts worldwide. It is important to bear in mind that threats can be both
internal and external to a corporation, i.e. fraudsters or hackers respectively. There are several different preventative measures employed by security experts to combat such deleterious events. Forensic investigators can use several methods to discover data residing in a computer system, and recover deleted, encrypted, or damaged file information, preserve it, analyze it and present it in a court of law[2]. There is also a growing preference to detecting and tracing attacks pre-emptively. Forensic experts must analyse clues left behind from a breach and use investigative techniques to identify who is responsible[3].