Forensics-as-a-service: A Review of Mobile Forensics

Abstract

Digital forensics is the scientific acquisition, analysis, and preservation of data contained in electronic media. It is the most intricate step of the cybercrime investigation process often used as the evidence that can be presented in the court of law for most prosecutable cases. This article briefs about one of the branches of Digital forensics which is Mobile forensics that aims to recover digital evidence or relevant data from a mobile device in a way that will preserve evidence. This article aims to provide the review of state-of-art and the brief about the forensic lifecycle, process and methodologies that are used for extracting and preserving the data from Mobile phones or smart phones and also some of the tools and software’s.