Forensic Analysis of Crimes in the Sphere of Information Technologies

Abstract

The article deals with the issues of foren-sic support for preventing commission of crimes in the field of information tech-nology. It is called to attention that alt-hough introduction of modern infor-mation processes in various spheres of government activities, production and public relations has brought positive re-sults, it has also led to an increase in the cases of committing cyber crimes. Cyber crimes are a new phenomenon in general crime, therefore, the development of ad-vanced techniques to combat them is re-quired. In this process, the forensic sci-ence plays an important role, first of all, for the preparation of recommendations on methods for investigating cyber crimes. Forensic analysis of information technology crimes which are called cyber crimes indicates that their investigation is different from the investigation of other crimes. This is largely due to the fact that computer objects can be both means of committing such crimes and objects of criminal encroachment. Information stored on computer media can be per-ceived and evaluated solely by using computer equipment and digital technol-ogy. Without this, it is impossible to iden-tify persons involved in committing a crime and obtain the evidence necessary to solve the crime. To study and evaluate them as sources of evidence, one needs to resort to the help of specialists, com-puter equipment and sophisticated soft-ware. It distinguishes computer objects from other material objects that is why it is necessary to put computer objects into a separate category of sources of evi-dence in forensic science and criminal procedure.