On the Realization of E-mail Forensic using Meta-Data

Abstract

Cyber forensic e-mail analysis is employed to collect credible evidence to bring criminals to justice. This paper discusses various e-mail security issues and actors involved in e- mail system. It discusses the need for e-mail forensics and discusses how it can be performed using exhaustive header analysis of e-mail message. It also presents some e-mail forensic analysis software tools developed to extract credible evidences from e-mail messages.