Explain the methods utilized by law enforcement investigators to detect and prevent cyber crime in each identified phase.

Phases of Digital Forensic Investigation

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Digital forensic investigations have posed many interesting dilemmas for criminal investigators over the years. From advancing methods of digital storage to increasingly portable computer devices, cyber criminals have rapidly engineered technology with which law enforcement often struggles to keep up.

For this discussion you must analyze the digital forensic investigation process. In your initial post you must address the following points.

Analyze two phases of the digital forensic investigation process.
Explain the major challenges inherent to each phase.
Explain the methods utilized by law enforcement investigators to detect and prevent cyber crime in each identified phase.
Examine the ways criminal investigators retrieve and analyze data from various mediums in each identified phase.
Analyze the technical aspects of the various mediums encountered by investigators during these two phases of digital forensic investigations.
Evaluate legal issues that investigators encounter in efforts at detecting and preventing cyber crime in each identified phase.