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What do you think are the two top ethical concerns in digital forensic investigations and why are these such important concerns? In addition to sharing your two top ethical concerns, discuss two ethical guidelines you think should be in place regarding recovery and investigation and why.
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Running Head: DIGITAL FORENSICS AND COMPUTING
Digital Forensics and Computing
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DIGITAL FORENSICS AND COMPUTING
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Part One
The Two Top Ethical Concerns in Digital Forensic Investigations and why they are
Important Concerns
Digital forensics incorporates identifying, recovering, analyzing, and representing in
court relevant facts extracted from electronic devices. In this regard, honesty and fairness should
be the topmost ethical considerations. This is because the information taken from these devices is
considered digital evidence presented before the jury and is designed to connect individuals and
events in time to determine casualty for criminal doing. This ethical concern is important
because it ensures that digital evidence cannot be trivial (Balogun & Zuva, 2017). If the result is
a conviction, then the defendant may have to part with monetary charges or even face
incarceration. The second ethical concern in digital forensic investigation is the need to maintain
proper documentation of every individual who handles the evidence, not to mention
professionalism in the analysis of the same. This second ethical concern is important because it
upholds the integrity of the evidence during preservation to ensure no modification happens.
Two Ethical Guidelines that should be in Place Regarding Recovery and Investigation
The first ethical guideline is to maintain a chain of custody during all the stages of
collection to analysis and reporting. A digital forensic investigator...