| Criminals have made the leap to cyber crime | | | | criminals will try to destroy files and they think |
| years ago and thefts have been getting more | | | | quickest way to do that is crash a hard rive or |
| complex ever since. It is not as easy as looking | | | | erase it in some way. Hard drives are like having |
| for fingerprints on a pedestal to see who stole a | | | | a person write really hard on a writing tablet and |
| vase any more. Now you have to track data | | | | then tearing off the top piece. Often times the |
| streams and network access to find who has | | | | message can be retrieved from the underlying |
| been shifting around the little ones and zeros. | | | | layer. So a good Alpharetta Private Detective can |
| Computer forensics is a difficult field and not | | | | retrieve data that was thought to be lost entirely. |
| many Georgia Private Investigations firms are | | | | If some important company documents were |
| adept in its use. Silent Partner PI is the exception. | | | | destroyed along with any evidence of criminal |
| They are trained to discover which files have | | | | activity, it may be worth having an Alpharetta Pi |
| been used in a computer crime and track changes | | | | do the recovery just to regain your files for day |
| in documents to see who may be the suspect. | | | | to day operations. |
| They are able to work with web pages, word | | | | PI firms are also great to have around before a |
| processing files, spread sheets, email messages, | | | | crime has been committed. A well trained Atlanta |
| software applications, Databases, meta data, IM's, | | | | PI can go over your computer systems and |
| PDA, and a myriad of other documents that can | | | | check for lax security. Some companies allow |
| be used in criminal activity. A detailed network | | | | employees to use weak passwords, leave their |
| investigation or internet use investigation will often | | | | work stations unlocked and unattended or even |
| uncover the perpetrator fairly quickly. | | | | use common passwords that will allow entrance |
| In a cyber crime you need an Atlanta Private | | | | to sensitive files and servers. Some programs and |
| Detective that can deal with hard disk recovery | | | | hardware may be left at its default settings which |
| as well. When done properly data recovery may | | | | can be looked up at the manufactures website at |
| take days to accomplish but it can recover files | | | | any time. These security practices are why even |
| from a hard drive after it has been erased and | | | | amateur thieves can sometimes get away with |
| reformatted repeatedly. To cover their tracks | | | | sensitive files and information. |