Computer Forensics

  • First case

    First case
    The first criminally prosecuted computer crime case (as mentioned before) took place in1966.
  • first crimes involving computers

    first crimes involving computers
    First crimes cases involving computers, mainly financial fraud
  • AFIS

    AFIS
    Rockwell International installs the first fingerprint reader at the FBI. In 1979, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police implements the first actual automatic fingerprint identification system (AFIS).
  • CART

    CART
    FBI Magnetic Media Program created... this later becomes the Computer Analysis and Response Team (CART)
  • training

    training
    The first computer forensics training course appeared around 1989 (University of North Texas),
  • IOCE

    IOCE
    International Organization on Computer Evidence (IOCE) formed
  • Law enforcement personnel

    Law enforcement personnel
    The G8 countries declared that "Law enforcement personnel must be trained and equipped to address high-tech crimes" in the Moscow Communiqué of December.
  • new principals

    new principals
    In March G8 appointed IICE to create international principles for the procedures relating to digital evidence
  • FBI Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory

    FBI Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory
    First FBI Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory established
  • Accepting computer forensics

    Accepting computer forensics
    It appears that by 2007 the term ‘computer forensics’ became commonly accepted, and often used in a broader sense in relation to devices which are, strictly speaking, not computers.