A new generation of criminals has emerged in the past decade with cyber criminals taking the place of white collar criminals. These criminals are using state of the art modern technologies to commit what we call "cyber crime",s which are far beyond the understanding of a layman or your common lawyer or judge. Therefore to rise up to this new breed of criminals, the Information Technology Act has brought about additions to the scope of the evidence, so as to include digital evidence or electronic evidence or cyber evidence. In this kind of crime not only computers but any type of electronic devices is either used a tool or a target. (Image taken from here.)
Many a times it is difficult to test the authenticity of such electronic evidences, even with the assistance expert. In simple terms electronic evidence may defined as collection, preservation, analysis and court presentation of computer related evidences.
How to manage electronic evidence
It is very important to understand the nature of electronic evidences. Unlike any other
