THERE HAVE been a number of highprofile cases involving computer abuse/misuse, where the line of defence has been that the device had been under the control of an unknown third party.
In many cases the assertion is that the computer has been infected by a virus or piece of malicious code that would allow the execution of programs or running of services without the owner’s knowledge or consent.
AS REGISTERED experts with the police national database of expert witnesses Audio Video Forensics (AVF) has extensive experience over the past 14 years of working with police agencies, military clients and legal firms as an enhancement bureau and in an expert witness capacity at Crown Court and Old Bailey level.
According to a recent survey conducted by BSI, almost one in five businesses has breached the Data Protection Act (DPA) on one or more occasions – many without even realising it. Whether they failed to hold information securely, illegally transferred information to a third party or neglected other legal obligations, those businesses put their integrity and reputation on the line.
by PETER BATES, Ph.D. MSB. C.Biol. FRES – Veterinary Entomologist
Forensic entomology is used by law enforcement agencies throughout the world to estimate the point of death (post-mortem interval or PMI) of a human corpse through the analysis of its invertebrate fauna. Forensic entomology can also be used to aid in the enforcment animal health regulations.
by PAUL VELLA of Evidence Matters
SATNAV DEVICES HAVE become so commonplace in modern society that I wonder if in a few years when I explain to my young children whether they will believe me when I tell them that we used to drive to places by simply ‘knowing’ how to get there or by reading a map.
Yet, the SatNav hasn’t been around very long. The Global Positioning System (GPS) was established in 1973 by the US Department of Defense and comprises of at least twenty-four satellites (there are currently twenty-nine operational satellites in orbit). These satellites transmit a synchronised time signal, which allows a device on earth to calculate how far away each of the satellites are (based on how long it has taken the signal to reach the device), and can then triangulate its position provided it has received signals from at least three satellites.
