Digital forensics is the preservation, identification, extraction, and documentation of digital/electronic evidence which can be used in the court of law. Digital forensics use specialised techniques to investigate digital/electronic evidence, often concerning computer crime, such as:

• Email phishing
• Ransomware
• Intellectual property (IP) theft
• Intentional leaking of sensitive data
• Inappropriate staff use of internet
• Leaks of sensitive or damaging information over social media
• Data loss through human error, fire, flood, etc.